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12 SEPT 2026 The World Shipping Council is urging governments to close what it says is a dangerous loophole in international shipping rules that can allow containers packed with thousands of lithium batteries to move without carriers knowing they are onboard. The issue centers on Special Provision 188 of the …

09 SEPT 2026 Finland detaiend the cargo ship accusing it of causing damage by dragging its anchor. Finnish prosecutors are back in court seeking to hold a captain and a boatswain from a cargo ship responsible for dragging the vessel’s anchor across the Gulf of Finland and damaging critical undersea …

09 SEPT 2026 Finland detaiend the cargo ship accusing it of causing damage by dragging its anchor. Finnish prosecutors are back in court seeking to hold a captain and a boatswain from a cargo ship responsible for dragging the vessel’s anchor across the Gulf of Finland and damaging critical undersea …

06 SEPT 2026 Ilya Espino de Marotta speaks during her inauguration as Administrator of the Panama Canal on September 7, 2026. She is the first woman to lead the waterway. Ilya Espino de Marotta took office Monday as Administrator of the Panama Canal, becoming the first woman to lead the …

05 SEPT 2026 The Iranian crude oil tanker M/T Kylo, also known as Noxen, is struck by U.S. forces in the Gulf of Oman on September 5, 2026. CENTCOM said the unladen tanker’s crew was directed to abandon ship before it was destroyed. U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers …

03 SEPT 2026 El Niño is strengthening across the tropical Pacific, with U.S. forecasters now seeing a greater than 90% chance it becomes a very strong event this fall and winter. The latest update from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows sea surface temperatures well above normal across the eastern and …