Lock Outages
According to the Panama Canal Authority, the normal capacity of the Panama Canal is 38 transits per day. This capacity is reduced during "lock outages." Please refer to Advisories to Shipping at the Panama Canal Website.
Consequently, vessels may experience delays in transiting. Normally, during these periods, the Panama Canal Transit Reservation System slots are fully utilized. Whenever a set of lock requires a major outage of one of its two lanes for dry chamber inspection, miter gate repairs, tow track work or other major maintenance/improvement projects, advantage may be taken of this requirement to perform simultaneous single lane outages for additional maintenance at other locks.
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