Navigational warning 16 47-P-09

Status: Cancelled · Area: PANAMA. Panama Canal - Caribbean Sea Coast - Pacific Sea Coast. — Depths. Channel limits. Buoyage. Lights. Wrecks. Anchorage · Source: Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine

16 47-P-09. PANAMA. Panama Canal - Caribbean Sea Coast - Pacific Sea Coast. — Depths. Channel limits. Buoyage. Lights. Wrecks. Anchorage areas. (Taunton, 16-5971 (P)) Référence : Avis 16 46-P-03. Remplacé. 1 - The Panama Canal Expansion Project has now been completed. 2 - Depths of up to 5 m less than charted exist in the vicinity of Balboa Container Terminal (8 57,6 N — 79 34,2 W). 3 - The channel limits in the northern and southern approaches to the Panama Canal have been widened and associated buoyage changed. The channel is marked by red and green lateral light-buoys, some of which have been announced as follows : a) No ’21A’ light-buoy in position 8 57,69 N — 79 34,48 W is now Q.G. b) Light-buoy Characteristic New Position W1 Q.G 9 24,79 N — 79 54,99 W W2 Q.R 9 24,79 N — 79 55,27 W W3 Oc.G 9 24,30 N — 79 54,99 W W4 Oc.R 9 24,30 N — 79 55,27 W W5 Oc.G 9 23,81 N — 79 54,99 W W6 Oc.R 9 23,82 N — 79 55,27 W 4 - No ’24A’ light-buoy in position 8 57,51 N — 79 34,24 W is now a R pillar buoy, Al.Oc.Fl(2+1)R.6s. 5 - Lights have been amended as follows : a) No ’24’ light in position 8 56,87 N — 79 34,02 W is now a (R Lt). b) Name Characteristics Position ’1A’ Oc.Y 8 57,60 N — 79 34,69 W ’1’ Fl.Y 8 57,37 N — 79 34,51 W Fl.G 8 56,67 N — 79 34,09 W ’4’ Fl.Y 9 17,47 N — 79 55,16 W ’5’ Fl.Y 9 16,91 N — 79 55,16 W ’6’ Oc.Y 9 16,28 N — 79 55,16 W 6 - New locks have been established in the Miraflores (8 59,09 N — 79 35,33 W) and Gatún (9 17,07 N — 79 54,86 W) areas of the Panama Canal as part of the port developments. 7 - Dredging works have taken place within both entrances and, as a result, the Pacific entrance has now been dredged to a minimum of 16,3 m, and the Atlantic entrance to a minimum of 16,1 m. 8 - Dangerous wrecks exist within limits of chart. The most significant are as follows : Position Remarks 9 20,72 N — 79 54,56 W depths 11,1 m, marked by isolated danger buoy (close E) 9 20,74 N — 79 54,54 W depth 8,6 m 9 20,86 N — 79 54,17 W depth 12,6 m, marked by port hand spherical buoy 9 23,90 N — 79 55,75 W depth 8,7 m, marked by special spherical buoys 9 - A swinging area, maintained to 16,1 m and marked by numerous red and green light-buoys, has been established in position 9 18,22 N — 79 55,10 W. 10 - Leading line bearing recommended track 007,81° has been established between Reef Point (9 19,93 N — 79 54,89 W) and Gatún Approach channel (9 16,92 N — 79 55,30

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