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San Manuel, Pangasinan, Philippines

San Roque spillway gates closed Sep. 8; reservoir at 277.14 meters

The National Power Corporation said spillway gates 2A and 2B at San Roque Multipurpose Dam closed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. Water elevation was 277.14 meters above sea level at close — under the 280-meter mandatory spilling level. San Roque Power Corp. had opened two gates on Sept. 2 when the pool sat at 283.68 meters and about 300 cubic meters a second. Rain and Binga inflow lifted the pool to 285.13 meters on Sept. 5; total gate opening reached three meters at 6 p.m. Tuesday before the shut. Napocor’s San Roque office put the close at 277.14 meters (Inquirer). IFM News Dagupan had 277.13; this pack uses 277.14 per prior human sign-off. Monitoring of the Agno River downstream continues.

Next. No new gate schedule printed. Towns downriver from San Manuel through Bayambang watch the Agno if rain pushes the pool back above 280 meters.

Last fixture. San Roque, Sep. 2026. Same dam. Gates closed at 277.14 masl Sep. 8 after a Sep. 2 open near 300 cubic meters a second. Who printed it: Napocor via Inquirer. Difference this week: pack rebuild keeps the close clock; no fresher official open.

Watch. Base: gates stay shut under 280 masl. Tighter: Napocor reopens any gate. Break: a fresh discharge print above the Sep. 2 start.

Belo Horizonte / Santa Luzia, Brazil

Copasa normalizes West and Contagem; Santa Luzia loses water Sep. 11

Copasa, the Minas Gerais state water utility, said Sunday, Sept. 6, that the West Zone system serving about 40 neighborhoods hit by the Nova Granada main-pipe break was recovered and that remaining outages were spotty. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, Copasa said supply was normalized again after separate main-pipe work at Milionários in Belo Horizonte and near Ceasa on the BR-040 in Contagem. Three Barreiro neighborhoods — Alta Tensão, Das Indústrias I, and Vila Copasa — could still see intermittent service that Wednesday afternoon. On Friday, Sept. 11, O Tempo reported an emergency Copasa maintenance cut in Santa Luzia, in the metro area, with the company aiming to restore overnight into Saturday, Sept. 12. O Tempo said Copasa had logged five large main-pipe breaks in the metro in the prior month and that more than 120,000 people in Belo Horizonte alone were without water at the worst point.

Next. Saturday, Sept. 12 overnight — Copasa’s stated restore window for Santa Luzia. Households and clinics without pressure file tickets with Copasa.

Municipal: City water clock is the Sep. 9 normalize plus the Sep. 11 Santa Luzia cut.

Investor: Force-task and tanker spend stay on until spot tickets clear.

Durban, South Africa

Durban Gateway stack falls to 63.8%; cold-box stack at 62%

A BUSA Cargo Movement Update circulating through Savino Del Bene, covering the latest daily read between Sept. 2 and Sept. 3, put Durban Gateway Terminal overall stack occupancy at 63.8%, down from 69.1%, and cold-box stack occupancy at 62%, down from 85%. Plug use was 57%; ground slots were 86%. Road-import boxes on hand fell from 5,497 to 4,933. Gate moves in the latest 24 hours rose from 1,320 to 1,683. The anchorage queue at the terminal was about ten vessels. That print is later than the South African Association of Freight Forwarders Sept. 1 update (overall stack 73.8%; cold-box stack 92%; nine vessels at anchorage; 2,012 gate moves) carried by Freight News. This pack uses the fresher Sep. 2–3 industry clocks.

Next. No published clear-by date. Fruit and chilled exporters still wait on yard space and ship turns at Pier 2.

Municipal: Pier 2 yard clock is the 63.8% / 62% Sep. 2–3 print.

Investor: Ships at anchor and cold boxes in the yard still raise extra port costs until a later official update.

Last fixture. Durban Gateway, Sep. 2026. Same terminal. Clock is BUSA Sep. 2–3 at 63.8% / 62% (Jason signed). Prior SAAFF Sep. 1 was 73.8% / 92%.

Watch. Base: stack stays under about 70%. Tighter: cold-box stack climbs back toward 90%. Break: a new SAAFF or Transnet number after Sep. 3.

Dumai, Indonesia

KPBN Inacom sets Franco Dumai CPO at 15,708 rupiah a kilogram

PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara’s Inacom tender on Friday, Sept. 11, printed crude palm oil at Franco Dumai at 15,708 rupiah a kilogram, excluding VAT, Palm Oil Magazine reported from KPBN data. That was up 42 rupiah from the prior session’s 15,666 highest bid. CIF Gresik also showed 15,708; several other bases withdrew. Earlier September prints had been higher (16,018 on Sep. 1; 16,098 on Sep. 3).

Next. The next KPBN tender sets the local price. Crushers and shippers at Dumai pay that day’s number.

Municipal: Franco Dumai is the posted local CPO clock.

Investor: Domestic tender mark under the export-monitoring gate.

Hamburg–Wilhelmshaven, Germany

ver.di sends ZDS 3.4% / 12-month offer to members through Sep. 14

ver.di, Germany’s largest services union, said after a fourth round in Hamburg that the Central Association of German Seaport Operators offered 3.4% higher hourly wages over 12 months, backdated to Aug. 1, plus €200 more holiday pay and a €416 higher annual lump for high-turnover container plants from Jan. 1, 2027. The package covers about 11,000 staff in Hamburg, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Emden, Brake, and Wilhelmshaven. Members had rejected a prior 5.1% / 18-month offer; a 48-hour warning strike ran Sept. 2–4. Feedback runs through Monday, Sept. 14. Negotiator Sylvi Krisch said a majority “no” sends the union to a qualified ballot on indefinite action. No indefinite-strike date is set.

Next. Monday, Sept. 14 — member feedback ends; federal bargaining commission decides. Dockers and shipping lines at the six ports feel the call.

Municipal: Wage clock is 3.4% over 12 months on the table.

Investor: Box terminals watch whether Sep. 14 feedback kills or keeps an indefinite ballot.

Last fixture. German seaports, Aug.–Sep. 2026. Workers rejected 5.1% / 18 months; then 48-hour warning strike. Difference this week: shorter 12-month term at 3.4% awaiting Sep. 14 feedback.

Watch. Base: members accept 3.4%. Tighter: qualified ballot opens. Break: ver.di names an indefinite strike start date.

Rasuwa–Trishuli corridor, Nepal

NDRRMA toll rises to 1,385 dead; 5,130 still missing

Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority put confirmed deaths at 1,385 and missing at 5,130, Anadolu Agency and Nepal News reported citing the authority on Sept. 11. The Aug. 26 ice-rock surge on the Bhote Koshi–Trishuli corridor hit Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, and downstream districts. Anadolu put the combined Nepal–China dead at 1,428 with 5,649 missing. Holding centres remain open for displaced households; tunnel searches continue at damaged hydropower headings.

Next. No end date for search. Families in Rasuwa and Nuwakot wait on identified bodies and tunnel clearances.

Rasuwa–Trishuli corridor, Nepal

UNDP still puts 431.1 MW offline; tunnel rescues unfinished

The United Nations Development Programme, in a Sept. 1 release, said 11 hydropower stations and one solar plant totaling 431.1 megawatts had stopped operating after the Aug. 26 flood on the Bhote Koshi–Trishuli system. Another 15 projects under construction, with 470 megawatts planned capacity, were damaged. IPPAN later said 12 projects with 669 megawatts combined capacity were affected and that hundreds of workers remained unaccounted for at tunnel sites. This pack keeps the UNDP 431.1 MW off-grid clock; it does not use damaged-capacity prints as the offline number. Nepal Electricity Authority teams were still clearing flooded tunnel portals in early September.

Next. No NEA restatement of the offline megawatt clock this week. Grid planners and tunnel rescue crews work the same corridor.

Panama Canal, Panama

Neopanamax draft held at 48.0 feet; daily slots fall to 32 from Sep. 15

The Panama Canal Authority, in Advisory to Shipping A-33-2026 dated Sept. 4, postponed the planned cut of the Neopanamax maximum authorized draft to 14.48 meters (47.5 feet) Tropical Fresh Water that had been set for Oct. 1. The current maximum of 14.63 meters (48.0 feet) TFW stays until further notice. Under Advisory A-29-2026, daily booking slots across both lock sets fall from 34 to 32 for booking dates beginning Sept. 15, with Panamax slots dropping from 25 to 23 and Neopanamax held at nine. ACP warned that fewer slots can lengthen waits for ships without a reservation.

Next. Monday, Sept. 15 — 32 daily booking slots begin. Ships without a reserved transit date face longer waits.

Last fixture. Panama Canal, Sep. 2026. Same waterway. Draft held at 48.0 ft; slots to 32 from Sep. 15. Who printed it: ACP advisories A-33-2026 and A-29-2026.

Watch. Base: 48.0 ft draft holds and 32 slots run. Tighter: ACP names a new draft cut date. Break: daily slots fall below 32.

Korala, Mustang, Nepal

Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani stay closed; Korala clears about 50 containers a day

The Kathmandu Post reported Sept. 12 that floods on Aug. 26 closed Nepal’s two main China trade points, Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani, and diverted freight to Korala in upper Mustang. Bidur Chudal, chief customs officer at the Mustang Customs Office, said Korala was clearing about 50 cargo containers a day after Aug. 26, against a normal five to six a day (eight to ten in festival peaks). Customs collected Rs1.5 billion from Aug. 27 to Sep. 10, after Rs520 million for the fiscal year through Aug. 26. Truck-container association vice-president Prahlad Thapa put the Kathmandu haul cost via Korala at about Rs750,000 per container, versus about Rs50,000 via Rasuwagadhi.

Next. No dated reopen for Rasuwagadhi or Tatopani. Traders and drivers use Korala and southern India-border routes ahead of festival season.

Last fixture. Nepal–China passes, Sep. 2026. Same corridor. Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani closed; Korala about 50 containers a day. Who printed it: Mustang Customs via Kathmandu Post Sep. 12.

Watch. Base: Korala stays near 50 containers a day with the two main passes shut. Tighter: Tatopani reopens. Break: a dated Rasuwagadhi reopen.

Araçuaí and Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Federal court orders Sigma Lithium Grota do Cirilo halt; R$100,000 fine named

A federal judge in Teófilo Otoni on Friday, Sept. 4, ordered the suspension of environmental licenses and a stop to mining at Sigma Lithium’s Grota do Cirilo complex in Araçuaí and Itinga, g1 and CNN Brasil reported. The case was brought by the Federation of Quilombola Communities of Minas Gerais over consultation and distance claims around the Baú and related communities. Incra data cited in coverage put Baú about 2.3 kilometers from the affected area; the company argued more than 8 kilometers. The order set a R$100,000 fine for breach and barred new state licenses while the dispute runs. Sigma said in a Sept. 7 company statement that it had not received formal service and that mining and plant work continued. Nameplate capacity at the complex has been reported near 330,000 tonnes a year.

Next. No hearing date printed in the sources used here. Mine crews and town suppliers watch whether formal service forces a physical stop.

Municipal: Court clock is the Sep. 4 halt order and R$100,000 fine.

Investor: Listed lithium oxide output faces a live court stop versus the company’s still-running claim.