Year: 2024 Language: English Author: PC Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 343 Description: 1. Effective Date and Cancellation This Notice is effective on the date of issue and cancels OP Notice to Shipping No N-1-2023. A revised Notice will be issued in January of each year or when otherwise required. 2. Purpose and Scope The purpose of this document is to inform the shipping community of the procedures and amplifications necessary to implement the Maritime Regulations for the Operation of the Panama Canal (MROPC). Please be advised that non-compliance with Panama Canal rules and regulations may subject vessels to unnecessary delays, additional charges and denial of transit The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) may order deviations from these rules if special circumstances so warrant. Please refer to the Table of Contents on pages 5 through 7. 3. Organization and Responsibility The Vice Presidency for Operations (272-4500), is the organizational department of the Panama Canal Authority responsible for the control of maritime traffic through the Canal and its terminal ports, and through which all ACP services to shipping are handled. Following is a summary of the Vice Presidency for Operations’ units which, due to their functions, often require contact with agents, operators and owners: a. The Transit Operations Division (272-4218), headed by the Transit Operations Division manager is responsible for the immediate direction of daily maritime operations, emergency response and recovery, supervision and enforcement of rules and regulations governing the navigation of the Canal, approval of new construction compliance with chocks and bitts, boarding facilities, wheelhouse design features and visibility requirements, and for ensure that vessels arriving for transit are properly equipped. Additionally, the unit is responsible for matters involving the safety aspects of vessel traffic flow and control, vessel material conditions and inspections, hazardous cargo, Canal physical conditions, and emergency response for fires or oil/chemical spills. The responsibilities of the Transit Operations Division manager are exercised through the Canal port captain on duty.
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Regulations for Transiting the Panama Canal 2024
Language: English
Author: PC
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 343
Description: 1. Effective Date and Cancellation
This Notice is effective on the date of issue and cancels OP Notice to Shipping No N-1-2023. A revised Notice will be issued in January of each year or when otherwise required.
2. Purpose and Scope
The purpose of this document is to inform the shipping community of the procedures and amplifications necessary to implement the Maritime Regulations for the Operation of the Panama Canal (MROPC). Please be advised that non-compliance with Panama Canal rules and regulations may subject vessels to unnecessary delays, additional charges and denial of transit The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) may order deviations from these rules if special circumstances so warrant. Please refer to the Table of Contents on pages 5 through 7.
3. Organization and Responsibility
The Vice Presidency for Operations (272-4500), is the organizational department of the Panama Canal Authority responsible for the control of maritime traffic through the Canal and its terminal ports, and through which all ACP services to shipping are handled. Following is a summary of the Vice Presidency for Operations’ units which, due to their functions, often require contact with agents, operators and owners:
a. The Transit Operations Division (272-4218), headed by the Transit Operations Division manager is responsible for the immediate direction of daily maritime operations, emergency response and recovery, supervision and enforcement of rules and regulations governing the navigation of the Canal, approval of new construction compliance with chocks and bitts, boarding facilities, wheelhouse design features and visibility requirements, and for ensure that vessels arriving for transit are properly equipped. Additionally, the unit is responsible for matters involving the safety aspects of vessel traffic flow and control, vessel material conditions and inspections, hazardous cargo, Canal physical conditions, and emergency response for fires or oil/chemical spills. The responsibilities of the Transit Operations Division manager are exercised through the Canal port captain on duty.
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