Basic Transit Requirements (Neo Panamax)

June 26th 2016

New TOLLS came into effect 1st April 2016

• Maximum Length – 1,200 Feet / (366 m)
• Maximum Beam – 168.14 Feet / (51.25 m)
• Maximum Height – 190 Feet / (57.9 m)
• Maximum Draft – 50 Feet 00 Inches TFW / (15.2 m) – subject to change
• Maximum Deadweight – 180,000 DWT (Approximate figure)

Construction of the new Post-Panamax locks on the Pacific and Atlantic sides. The new locks complexes will have three chambers each with water-saving basins, a lateral filling and emptying system and rolling gates.

Excavation of the new Pacific Post-Panamax locks north Access channel. The project requires dry excavation of approximately 50 million cubic meters of material along 6.1 kilometers. Executed in four different phases (PACs 1 – 4).

Both entrances to the Canal (Atlantic and Pacific) are being dredged, as well as Culebra Cut and Gatun Lake.

The project calls for the increase of Gatun Lake’s maximum operating level by 45 centimeters to improve Canal water supply and draft dependability.

This component will enable increasing Gatun Lake’s maximum operating level by 45 centimeters, from its current 26.7 meters to 27.1 meters.