The Panama Canal is announced the start of the NetZero Slot, an initiative designed to incentivize our neopanamax clients to mobilize towards decarbonization and achieving net zero emissions by 2050. This Advisory follows Advisory to Shipping No. A-07-2025, which introduced the NetZero Slot: A Commitment to Low-Carbon Shipping.
Launch Date The first competition of this weekly slot will be held on October 3, 2025, for transits during the week of November 2 through November 8, 2025. Each competition will be held from 0800 to 0830 on the opening date of Booking Period 1A for the Sunday of the transit week offered.
To participate in the NetZero Slot competition, customers must submit their requests through the Transit Reservation (Booking) System including the intended transit day of the week. One slot from Booking Period 1A will be allocated to the NetZero initiative. Consequently, once this slot is awarded, the total number of slots available for competition in Booking Period 1A will be reduced for the specific booking date on which the vessel awarded the NetZero slot is scheduled to transit.
Vessels awarded a NetZero Slot will be charged the Transit Reservation – Neopanamax Vessel fee indicated in the Maritime Services Tariff.
NetZero Slot Benefits
- Choice of transit date within the offered week
- Guaranteed 24-hour in-transit time
- Just-In-Time (JIT) service included
- Swap and substitutions will be allowed among vessels that have the same characteristics used when the slot was allocated All other rules and conditions published in Notice to Shipping N-07 will remain in effect.
Participation requirements
For this phase, vessels must be registered as dual-fuel and capable of operating on at least one fuel with an approximate well-to-wake (WtW) carbon intensity of 75 gCO₂(e)/MJ or lower. The Panama Canal acknowledges that the availability and scalability of such fuels are still under development. Therefore, vessels will not be required to use lower-carbon fuels immediately; however, we will recognize the ADVISORIES ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.pancanal.com FOR ETAS OR DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR OFFICES, REFER TO NOTICE N-3-2023 3654-A (OP-I) V. 29/03/2023 OP, September 12, 2025
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