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Operations · Climate18 Sept 2026Panama Canal · Equatorial PacificNOAA Climate Prediction Center, 10 September: El Niño Advisory. Sea-surface anomalies over +3.0°C in the eastern equatorial Pacific. Niño-3.4 +1.8°C in August. Greater than 90 percent chance of a very strong event in Northern Hemisphere fall and winter 2026–27.
Operations · Passenger11 Sept 2026Río Uruguay · ColoniaANP, 8 September: China Zorrilla (IMO 9916678) to reach Nueva Palmira on the afternoon of 10 September, on BLACK MARLIN (IMO 9186326).
LNG · Americas9 Sept 2026Buenaventura · Valle del CaucaLNG Prime, 9 September: Exmar’s converted floating storage unit Tura, about 146,000 m³, is en route to Colombia for Regasificadora Del Pacífico’s west-coast import project.
Compliance · Port State9 Sept 2026Philadelphia · Sector Delaware BayU.S. Department of Justice, 28 August 2026: MSC Shipmanagement Limited pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to two counts under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
LNG market · Operations4 Sept 2026Argentina · San Matías · Cameroon–SingaporeBoskalis, in a card reshared by Smit Lamnalco, said four of its hulls held and then towed Golar’s FLNG Hilli off Cameroon toward Singapore.
LNG market · Operations30 Aug 2026Uruguay · South AtlanticEni, MIWEN (a wholly owned YPF subsidiary) and ANCAP signed the agreement for Eni’s entry into the OFF-5 exploration block offshore Uruguay.
LNG market · Operations22 Aug 2026Dominican Republic · CaribbeanManzanillo Gas & Power has secured US$902.3 million in senior secured limited-recourse financing for its LNG-to-power project in the Dominican Republic. White & Case advised the bank consortium; the announcement is dated 18 August.
Operations21 Aug 2026Panama CanalThe Panama Canal Authority issued Advisory to Shipping A-29-2026 on 20 August. Effective for booking dates from 4 September, daily Neopanamax slots fall to nine and Panamax slots to twenty-five.
LNG market · Operations19 Aug 2026Bahamas · CaribbeanThe first of ten 1,500 m³ vacuum-insulated LNG tanks have been installed on Arawak Cay, Nassau. The tanks form the core of a mini-LNG receiving and regasification terminal being built by INOX India for Island Power Producers (IPP).
Shipping news18 Aug 2026Tasmania · Río de la PlataIncat’s Hull 096 — the battery-electric ferry China Zorrilla — has been loaded onto the semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel Black Marlin (IMO 9186326) in Hobart. The operation was completed at the end of July.
Operations · LNG market16 Aug 2026Brownsville Ship Channel · TexasNextDecade reports construction at Rio Grande LNG continues ahead of schedule and within budget. First gas into the facility is expected in the second half of 2026. First LNG from Train 1 is expected in the first half of 2027.