Panama Canal
9.12°, -79.77° · Caribbean Sea · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 120 nm
- 5
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- transits / day · 7 d
- 30
- vs previous 7 d
- -1%
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IMF PortWatch, all vessel types; about two days behind. 11,020 transits in the latest PortWatch year.
In force within 120 nm · 5
Other 1 · Nav aids 4
- NAVAREA IV 113/26 · Other17.5 nm · 2026-02-06The west head light at Manzanillo entrance, Panama, at 09-22.90N 079-53.90W is damaged.
- NAVAREA IV 504/25 · Nav aids17.5 nm · 2025-05-07The Manzanillo entrance light at 09-22.90N 079-53.90W in the western Caribbean Sea near Panama has temporarily changed to white.
- NAVAREA IV 650/25 · Nav aids18 nm · 2025-06-20Port hand three buoy at 09 degrees 23.52 minutes north, 079 degrees 53.75 minutes west is missing in the western Caribbean Sea near Panama.
- NAVAREA IV 663/25 · Nav aids18 nm · 2025-06-24In the western Caribbean Sea, off Panama, starboard hand buoy 4 at 09-23.52N 079-53.87W is missing.
- NAVAREA IV 545/26 · Nav aids19.1 nm · 2026-06-06A lighted buoy at latitude 09-25.99N longitude 079-49.78W is missing.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Warning counts: seahazards.com archive since 1997, 96 within 120 nm. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.