Two lanes of the Panama Canal locks were shut down for scheduled repairs.

Work in the dry chamber seals was done on several gates and required the west lane of Miraflores locks to be closed to vessels for the duration.

And the east lane of Gatun locks was also closed for a week.

The repair work entailed the deployment of four flat top barges and a number of tugboats, as stated in a recent Panama Canal Authority Advisory to Shipping.

On June 26 the Panama Canal held a grand inauguration ceremony for its new third locks, the result of a $5.3bn expansion project to accommodate supersized container ships and other large vessels.