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运河当局为唯一负责的过河与航行活动的单位，任何船只於运河通航需遵守本规则
运河当局应该建立规则与条件，确保过河船只的稳定度，顷侧差，俯仰差，最大吃水，货物，船体，登轮与清洁设施，皆为安全。
若达不到运河当局的要求，可能会被拒绝过河，如果运河当局认为使用额外的资源，便可以过河，船方须承诺负担额外的费用。
In accordance with article 18(5)(e) of the Organic Law, the Board of Directors is responsible for approving the regulations applicable to the admeasurement and inspection of vessels, navigation in the Canal, marine traffic control, pilotage, and all other matters relating to navigation in the Panama Canal.
In exercise of said power, by means of Agreement No. 13 of June 3, 1999, the Board of Directors approved the Regulation on Navigation in Panama Canal Waters, as well as its subsequent amendments.
Taking into consideration that the Regulation on Navigation in Panama Canal Waters was approved over nineteen years ago, with the completion of the Panama Canal expansion project and the commissioning of the Agua Clara and Cocoli locks, the Authority deemed it advisable to fully revise this Regulation, resulting in a proposal containing of numerous changes, thus the replacement of this Regulation is recommended.
The Administration states that the new Regulation:
- revises the scope of the previous Regulation and the Authority’s control over Panama Canal waters;
- incorporates the regulations contained in the Annex as an integral part of its articles;
- includes new definitions and puts them in alphabetical order;
- includes a revision of the regulations applicable to small craft not transiting the Canal; to the scheduling, booking, order and preference in transit; to the information that vessels are required to send prior to their arrival at Canal waters; to the regulations concerning the prevention of collisions;
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as well as to the regulations contained in Chapter XI, Offenses, Sanctions and Sanctioning Proceedings;
- updates designated anchorage areas in Canal waters and the rules applicable to boarding and disembarking facilities, in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS);
- includes the Safe Working Load (SWL) concept in relation to vessel-provided chocks;
- updates the minimum visibility requirements from the navigation bridge, in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Panama Canal Pilots’ Association (PCPA); and
- updates the classification of dangerous goods, in accordance with the provisions set out by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Through this replacement, the Administration informs that the wording of the following is improved:
- the regulations on the enforcement of judicial orders aboard vessels in Canal waters, on risk communication, coordination, prevention and control, on the general and specific provisions that must be observed by Panamax, Neopanamax and Panamax Extra vessels in terms of the construction, number, and locations of chocks and bitts, on navigation bridge requirements, on the size, draft, and trim limitations of vessels transiting the Canal; and
- the requirements and duties that must be met by masters, officers and crew, as well as the prohibitions that must be observed during the navigation of vessels in Canal waters.
As a result of the above, the Administrator submitted this proposal for the replacement of the current Regulation on Navigation in Panama Canal Waters by a new one to the Board of Directors for its consideration.
The Administration states that, in compliance with article 97(8) of the Organic Law, all exclusive representatives participated in the development of this proposal.
The Board of Directors has examined the Administrator’s proposal and believes that it is in the best interests of the Authority, thus it considers that the recommended replacement of the Regulation on Navigation in Panama Canal Waters is appropriate.
AGREES:
ARTICLE ONE: To replace the Regulation on Navigation in Panama Canal Waters, as follows: