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The Department for Transport has published an item titled 'Accredited official statistics: National Travel Survey: Technical reports', dated 10 September 2026 and described as a collection page for the survey's technical reports.
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The Department for Transport has published an item titled 'Accredited official statistics: National Travel Survey: Technical reports', dated 10 September 2026 and described as a collection page for the survey's technical reports.
The Department for Transport has released data tables of standard errors for selected National Travel Survey statistics, dated 10 September 2026, enabling clearer assessment of the precision of headline travel estimates.
The Department for Transport has issued its official data tables for port and domestic waterborne freight. The release, titled PORT, carries the date 10 September 2026 and covers international and domestic movements of freight by water.
Takeshi Hashimoto of Mitsui OSK Lines told reports on 9 September 2026 that a weaker yen helps dollar-earning firms but its recent volatility is a growing concern for markets.
A reports dispatch on 9 September 2026 reports that U.S. restrictions on Iranian shipments and sanctions on a Chinese payment channel have disrupted flows of low-cost Iranian crude and are now affecting China’s refineries, with Sinopec cited in the report.
Uni-Fuels has reported its strongest first-half performance across key profit measures and raised full-year revenue guidance to US$340–360 million, according to an unaudited interim statement.
Sources indicated on 9 September 2026 that the United States military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in response to attacks on a United States Navy warship, with Tehran striking back at American targets in Jordan amid a conflict more than six months old.
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