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Panama Canal: Vessel requirements for New Panamax

The Panama Canal Authority has issued Advisory 20-2013 informing the shipping community of the definitions and requirements applicable to all vessels intending to transit the Panama Canal's new locks. It states, among other things, that the maximum length overall including bulbous bow is 366 meters. The maximum beam is 49 meters. The maximum permissible draft has been set at 15.2 meters Tropical Fresh Water at a Gatun Lake level of 25.91 meters or higher.