Corrections log

12 corrections have been logged across 8 records.Any change to a date, number, place, cause, severity or source after publication is recorded here and on the event page. To report an error, email corrections@worldfreightmonitor.com. Follow new corrections with the corrections feed.

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Date	Record	What changed	Why
2026-10-15	Record low water at Kaub restricts Rhine barge shipping	Added a 2026-10-01 timeline entry from the federal hydrology agency (s5), replaced the summary's statement that no source gave the river's state after mid-August with that report's finding, and updated the confidence reason to match. No earlier date, figure or entity was changed.	The agency's 2026-10-01 low water report shows the extreme low water continuing, so the record's earlier statement that no later source existed was out of date.
2026-10-08	Typhoon Dolphin halts container terminals at Ningbo and Shanghai	Added three official sources (s4 China Weather Network for the China Meteorological Administration, s5 and s6 Ministry of Transport) and cited them on the landfall entry, the cause and the resolution. No date, figure or entity was changed.	The record rested on forwarder and carrier advisories only. National weather and transport authorities confirm the 2026-08-09 landfall in Zhejiang, port working vessels withdrawing and ships sheltering at Ningbo, and anchored ships leaving in batches as the storm weakened.
2026-10-08	Record low water at Kaub restricts Rhine barge shipping	Added three official sources (s3, s4, s5, Federal Institute of Hydrology low water reports of 2026-08-13, 2026-08-20 and 2026-10-01) and cited s3 and s4 on the record low and the October outlook. No date, figure or entity was changed.	The record rested on one syndicated news report and a carrier notice. The federal hydrology agency confirms the lowest known water levels on the Rhine and at Kaub in August 2026 and a forecast of no substantial easing before early October.
2026-10-08	Houthi embargo on Saudi shipping and attacks at Bab el-Mandeb	Added one official source (s5, European External Action Service statement of 2026-07-23) and cited it on the 2026-07-20 timeline entry and the cause. No date, figure or entity was changed.	The record rested on press reports only. The EU diplomatic service confirms the Houthi blockade threat against Saudi Arabia and an attack on an oil tanker in the Red Sea within days of the announcement.
2026-10-08	Russia halts commercial shipping through the Kerch Strait	Added one official source (s4, Russian Ministry of Transport statement of 2026-07-14) and cited it on the cause. No date, figure or entity was changed, and the confidence level is unchanged.	The record rested on two press reports. The transport ministry confirms increased attacks on civilian vessels in the Sea of Azov, which is the stated context for the halt. It does not itself confirm the halt.
2026-10-08	Cyclone Biparjoy suspends operations at Gujarat ports	Added three official sources (s6 Press Information Bureau, s7 India Meteorological Department, s8 Adani Ports earnings call transcript) and cited them on the 2023-06-14 and 2023-06-15 timeline entries, the cause, and the resolution. No date, figure or entity was changed.	The record rested on press sources only. The official sources confirm the vessel evacuation on 2023-06-14, the landfall near Jakhau on 2023-06-15 and a multi-day impact on three Gujarat ports.
2026-10-08	Cyberattack on Transnet disrupts South African container terminals	Added two official sources (s5 South African Government statement of 2021-07-29, s6 Transnet Annual Financial Statements 2021) and cited them on the 2021-07-22 timeline entry, the cause and the resolution. No date or figure was changed.	The record rested on press sources only. The government statement confirms the morning of 2021-07-22 and the staged restoration of the container terminal operating system; the Transnet report confirms the shutdown of systems.
2026-10-02	Strait of Hormuz closed to most shipping during the Iran war	Extended the timeline to 2026-10-01 with six entries and five new sources. Raised the recorded seafarer deaths from 19 to 24 and replaced the stale incident count in the summary.	The International Maritime Organization updated its confirmed incident list on 2026-09-30, naming vessels damaged on 2026-09-28 and 2026-09-29 and a further fatality on 2026-09-23.
2026-09-20	Houthi embargo on Saudi shipping and attacks at Bab el-Mandeb	Removed the two effect targets and set no_effect_reason to insufficient_baseline. Reworded the severity basis to say it is a plain comparison of PortWatch averages, not a method figure.	The effect engine could not build a baseline because the ongoing Red Sea diversion event covers the same chokepoint for the whole baseline period, so the effect section would have read as pending indefinitely.
2026-09-20	Houthi embargo on Saudi shipping and attacks at Bab el-Mandeb	Restored the two effect targets and removed no_effect_reason. The severity basis now cites the method figures instead of a plain comparison.	The effect method was amended the same day (wfm-effect-1.1, ambient events), so a baseline can now be built for an event inside the long-running Red Sea diversion. The figures are measured on top of that disruption and the page says so.
2026-09-20	Houthi embargo on Saudi shipping and attacks at Bab el-Mandeb	Lowered severity from 4 to 3 and reworded the severity basis.	The measured fall in total transits (23 percent) is below the 25 percent the rubric needs for level 4, and the standardised scores are weak, so the record is rated on the level 3 criterion of a restriction at a chokepoint.
2026-09-20	Drone attacks halt oil loadings at Ust-Luga and Primorsk	Removed the two effect targets and set no_effect_reason to insufficient_baseline.	The effect engine could not build a baseline for either series, so the effect section would have read as pending indefinitely.

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