Panama Locks Set for Maintenance Shutdowns
Joseph Bonney
| Aug 8, 2011 1:28PM GMTThe Journal of Commerce Online - News Story
East lane of the canal’s Gatun Locks will be will be closed for two 26-hour periods this month
Vessel traffic through the Panama Canal will be affected this month by maintenance and dredging.
The east lane of the canal’s Gatun Locks will be will be closed for two 26-hour periods this month for removal and reinstallation of miter gates and other scheduled maintenance.
The west lane at the Pedro Miguel locks will be closed for three days this week for dredging near the locks’ southwest approach wall.
The Panama Canal Authority said it will put its transit reservation system in effect from Thursday through Saturday and on Aug. 18.
The canal authority also said that during July the canal handled between 25 and 38 transits a day by oceangoing vessels, for a daily average of 33.1 transits.
-- Contact Joseph Bonney at jbonney@joc.com. Follow him on Twitter @josephbonney.
Vessel traffic through the Panama Canal will be affected this month by maintenance and dredging.
The east lane of the canal’s Gatun Locks will be will be closed for two 26-hour periods this month for removal and reinstallation of miter gates and other scheduled maintenance.
The west lane at the Pedro Miguel locks will be closed for three days this week for dredging near the locks’ southwest approach wall.
The Panama Canal Authority said it will put its transit reservation system in effect from Thursday through Saturday and on Aug. 18.
The canal authority also said that during July the canal handled between 25 and 38 transits a day by oceangoing vessels, for a daily average of 33.1 transits.
-- Contact Joseph Bonney at jbonney@joc.com. Follow him on Twitter @josephbonney.
