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68 PANAMA CANAL<br />
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Panama Canal<br />
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific<br />
Ocean, running NW to SE from Cristobal on the Atlantic<br />
coast to Balboa on the Pacific coast for a distance of 51 miles<br />
(82km). Vessels transitting the canal are raised and lowered<br />
26.2m from sea level to sea level by three sets of locks. These<br />
are Gatun locks, Pedro Miguel locks and Miraflores locks.<br />
Las<br />
Minas<br />
Bay<br />
Lloyd’s Maritime <strong>Atlas</strong><br />
A t l a n t i c O c e a n<br />
Average transit time is 9 hours.<br />
Maximum dimensions of vessels ; max draught 12.04m,<br />
max beam 32.31m, max loa 289.56m for most commercial<br />
vessels and 294.13m for passenger and container vessels.<br />
These are overall maximums and certain vessel types may<br />
have individual restrictions of less than the above.<br />
Coco Solo<br />
Manzanillo<br />
Colon<br />
Cristobal<br />
Canal Authority :<br />
Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP)<br />
P.O.Box 5413, Miami,<br />
FL 33102-5413, U.S.A.<br />
E-mail : info@pancanal.com<br />
Website : www.pancanal.com<br />
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Gatun<br />
Locks<br />
Madden<br />
Dam<br />
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Gamboa<br />
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Gatun Lake<br />
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Pedro Miguel<br />
Locks<br />
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Scale at 9°N in Nautical Miles<br />
Miraflores<br />
Locks<br />
Balboa<br />
PANAMA CITY<br />
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