8 September 2026

Barambah Organics founder Ian Campbell and daughter Hannah identified as victims of fatal Logan plane crash

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Fourth-generation Queensland dairy farmer Ian Campbell, 56, and his 23-year-old daughter Hannah died when the six-seater Beechcraft Bonanza they were travelling in crashed into a field at Stockleigh, ...

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QatarEnergy tests Hormuz with first open LNG transit in six weeks

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8 September 2026

QatarEnergy tests Hormuz with first open LNG transit in six weeks

QatarEnergy has sent an LNG carrier openly through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time in nearly six weeks. The QatarEnergy-controlled vessel, Al Marrouna, transited with AIS switched on, rather than using the dark-mode navigation adopted by much commercial traffic in recent weeks, and is bound for Pakistan’s Port Qasim, where it is due …

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Shipping powers warn global maritime rulebook is breaking down

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8 September 2026

Shipping powers warn global maritime rulebook is breaking down

Eighteen of the world’s leading maritime nations have issued an unusually stark warning that the international rules underpinning global shipping are being eroded, threatening to fragment both maritime markets and global trade. In a public statement titled In defence of free shipping, the Consultative Shipping Group (CSG), whose members include Greece, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, …

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8 September 2026

Chinese Ship Takes Arctic Shortcut: Smart Business? Or a Political Flex?

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Barambah Organics founder Ian Campbell and daughter Hannah identified as victims of fatal Logan plane crash

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