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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).
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.
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.
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.