French operator CMA CGM’s converted container ship CMA CGM Iron departed Santos early Tuesday. The vessel is retrofitted to run on methanol, ethanol or conventional bunker fuel and will call at Sri Lanka and Singapore en route to China. Using Brazilian ethanol as marine fuel could create a sizeable new export outlet for Brazil’s biofuel sector and agriculture; Brazil—second only to the US in ethanol output—is expanding renewable-fuel capacity and increasingly using sugarcane and corn feedstocks.

China's National Healthcare Security Administration announced 601 drugs passed form review for the 2026 national basic medical insurance, maternity and work-injury drug-list adjustment. For the basic insurance list the NHSA received 800 submissions covering 664 generic names; 601 passed form review — 233 were in-list candidates and 368 off-list candidates — a 91% pass rate. For the commercial health insurance innovative-drug list it received 62 submissions covering 62 generics; 58 passed form review (1 in-list, 57 off-list), a 94% pass rate. The NHSA said form review is an initial eligibility check for expert assessment and does not constitute inclusion in the drug lists.

廣期所：經研究決定：同意將四川天華時代鋰能有限公司位於四川省眉山市東坡區甘眉工業園新能源大道99號存放點的標準倉單最大量由900噸增加至2000噸。