This article has been reprinted from the Oct. 17 USDA Grain Transportation Report.
The East Lane of the Pedro Miguel Panamax Locks on the Panama Canal will be closed for 5 hours, for maintenance and repair work, on October 17, 2019.
The estimated transit capacity of the Canal due to the maintenance work is 30-32 vessels per day, rather than the normal transit capacity of 32-34 vessels, depending on vessel mix and other factors.
Also, the East lane of Miraflores Locks will be closed on October 24 for 8 hours due to scheduled maintenance work.
The transit capacity will be reduced to 29-31 vessels instead of the usual 32-34 vessels per day.
At this time, no major delays are anticipated.