Executive Order 6128—Amendment of Rules Governing Navigation of the Panama Canal and Adjacent Waters

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the provisions of the act of Congress approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 560-569), entitled "AN ACT To provide for the opening, maintenance, protection, and operation of the Panama Canal, and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone", known as the Panama Canal Act, I do hereby amend rule 54 of Executive Order No. 4314, dated September 25, 1925, relating to the authorized speed of vessels transiting the Panama Canal, to read as follows:

"Rule 54. Authorized Speed of Transit: The following speeds shall not be exceeded by vessels in transit through the Canal:  Knots

Crist6bal to Gatlin  

Gatlin Lake in the 1,000-foot channels  

Gatlin Lake in the 800-foot  channels  

Gatlin Lake in the 500-foot  channels  

Rounding Bohio or Darien bend  

Gaillard Cut—In the straight reaches:

Vessels of 250 feet or over in length, 6 knots or as near thereto as possible, maintaining steerage way  

Vessels under 250 feet  

In or near a lock  

Miraflores Locks to Pacific entrance  

Entering or leaving either Canal port  

Miraflores Lake:

Vessels under 300 feet in length  

Vessels of and above 300 feet in length, to proceed as slowly as possible consistent with maneuverability."

This order shall take effect from and after this date.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 10, 1933.