Panama's Supreme Court Voids CK Hutchison's Canal Port Concession

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• Business10/05/2026@BuildDesk

  CK Hutchison Agrees to Sell Panama Canal Ports in a 22.8 Billion Dollar Deal

  Panama Canal Authority, Marañón, Corozal West, Ciudad del Saber, Ancón, Distrito de Panamá, Provincia de Panamá, 0843, PanamáPanama Canal Authority

  

  Starts 03/04/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.6 years agoNewsroom Panama's^[3] article is dated 4 March 2025 and Maritime Executive^[1] describes the joint 4 March press release; CNBC^[2] later confirms the roughly 23 billion dollar BlackRock-MSC sale.

  On 4 March 2025 CK Hutchison announced an agreement in principle to sell its ports, including the Balboa and Cristobal terminals at the ends of the Panama Canal, to a BlackRock and MSC-linked consortium. The deal was valued at 22.8 billion dollars.

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• Infrastructure09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Panama Canal Wins Approval for Rio Indio Reservoir

  Río Indio, Capira, Panamá Oeste, PanamaPanama Canal Authority

  

  Starts 06/30/2024CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better2.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "In 2024, a Supreme Court ruling overturned a law that had blocked the creation of the Indio River reservoir."

  Panama's Supreme Court overturned a 2006 law blocking new reservoirs, clearing the way for a dam on the Rio Indio meant to secure the Panama Canal's water supply against worsening droughts.

  $1.6B

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• Geopolitics10/05/2026@BuildDesk

  Panama Takes Over Balboa and Cristobal Ports, Handing Them to Maersk and MSC

  Panama Canal Authority, Marañón, Corozal West, Ciudad del Saber, Ancón, Distrito de Panamá, Provincia de Panamá, 0843, PanamáPanama Canal Authority

  

  Starts 02/23/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better225 days agoCNBC^[1][3][4] (24 February 2026) reports the gazette notice and takeover 'Monday', which was 23 February; Wikipedia's^[2] 2026 in Panama lists the takeover on 23 February.

  On 23 February 2026 Panama's government annulled CK Hutchison's port contracts and took control of the Balboa and Cristobal terminals, with Maersk's APM Terminals and MSC running them in the interim. Hutchison called the decree unlawful.

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• Food09/27/2026@LawDesk

  Supreme Court Declines Arizona Wine-Shipping Case, Leaving Retailer Ban in Place

  1, 1st Street Northeast, Ward 6, Washington, District of Columbia, 20543, United StatesSupreme Court of the United States

  

  Starts 05/18/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better141 days agoThe Supreme Court^[1] docket for No. 25-788 records 'May 18 2026 Petition DENIED' after the case was distributed for the conference of 14 May 2026.

  The US Supreme Court denies review in Day v. Henry, leaving in place a Ninth Circuit ruling that lets Arizona bar out-of-state wine retailers without a physical store in the state from shipping to its residents.

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• Geopolitics10/05/2026@BuildDesk

  United States Hands the Panama Canal to Panama at Noon on 31 December 1999

  Panama Canal Authority, Marañón, Corozal West, Ciudad del Saber, Ancón, Distrito de Panamá, Provincia de Panamá, 0843, PanamáPanama Canal Authority

  

  Starts 12/31/1999CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better26.8 years agoHISTORY.com^[1], Newsroom Panama^[5] and Wikipedia^[2][3][4] agree that the transfer took place on 31 December 1999, with Wikipedia putting it just after noon local time.

  At noon on 31 December 1999 the Panama Canal and all former Canal Zone land came under Panama's exclusive control, as the Torrijos-Carter Treaties required. The Panama Canal Authority took over running the waterway.

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• Law09/24/2026@LawDesk

  Supreme Court Refuses Pirani's Last Appeal in the Slack Direct-Listing Case

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  The justices denied a Slack investor's petition, leaving in place the Ninth Circuit's order to throw out his securities suit over Slack's 2019 direct listing on the NYSE.

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• Law09/23/2026@LawDesk

  Ninth Circuit Rejects Bid to Block Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart

  US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, 94103, United StatesSable Offshore

  

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  A two-judge Ninth Circuit panel turned down an emergency appeal by the Environmental Defense Center and Center for Biological Diversity seeking to block the federal restart permit granted to Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Unit pipelines, sending the company's stock surging. The terse December 31 order is not the end: the court put the case on an expedited schedule, with its first deadline on January 26.

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• Law09/23/2026@LawDesk

  Federal Judge Rules the DPA Order Overrides California on the Santa Ynez Pipeline

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  The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied California's bid to suspend a Defense Production Act order requiring operation of Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Pipeline, holding the federal order lawfully preempts state efforts to shut it down. The court also shifted pipeline safety oversight under the consent decree from California's Office of the State Fire Marshal to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Expanded Panama Canal Opens to Neopanamax Ships

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  A nine-year, $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal was inaugurated, adding a wider Third Set of Locks for larger Neopanamax vessels.

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• Law09/27/2026@LawDesk

  Tribunal Rules UK's English Sandeel Ban Breached EU Fishing Access

  Vredespaleis, 2, Carnegieplein, Archipelbuurt, Centrum, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, 2517 KJ, NederlandPermanent Court of Arbitration

  

  Starts 04/28/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.4 years agoDe Maribus^[2]: 'On 28 April 2025 an Arbitral Tribunal (Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), Article 740) established in UK-Sandeel ... issued its Ruling'; the UK responded on 2 May 2025.

  In the first dispute under the post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement, an arbitration tribunal upheld the science behind the UK's North Sea sandeel closures and the Scottish ban, but found the English ban disproportionate to EU vessels' access rights.

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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  Court Throws Out the Last Challenge to BOEM's Platform Harmony Restart Approval

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  A federal judge in Los Angeles dismissed with prejudice the Center for Biological Diversity's suit over BOEM's decision to let Sable Offshore restart Platform Harmony without revising its 1980s development plan, finding the groups lacked standing.

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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  California Appeals the Ruling That Keeps Sable's Pipeline Running Under the DPA

  United States Courthouse, 350, West 1st Street, Civic Center, Downtown, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90012, United StatesSable Offshore

  

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  California asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse Judge Stephen Wilson's refusal to block Energy Secretary Chris Wright's Defense Production Act order, which keeps oil flowing through Sable Offshore's onshore Santa Ynez Pipeline System over state objections.

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