Topic
Iron ore
Every Vessel Hunter story on Iron ore: 9 stories, from 4 August 2026 to 4 October 2026. Newest: "CMES signs $2.8bn, 25-year Simandou contract for six VLOCs". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
CMES signs $2.8bn, 25-year Simandou contract for six VLOCs
China Merchants Energy Shipping's dry bulk arm Hong Kong Ming Wah has signed a 25-year agreement worth at least $2.8bn to carry Simandou iron ore on six very large ore carriers.
Vale Charters Eight Tri-Fuel Newcastlemaxes From HMM in $3.5bn, 25-Year Deal
HMM has finalised an order for eight 210,000 dwt tri-fuel Newcastlemaxes at Yangzijiang, each chartered to Vale for 25 years under a KRW 4.7tn transportation agreement effective from 2030.
Laden Capesize Merchant Mariner Takes Water in Three Ballast Tanks Off Dung Quat
The 179,570 dwt Merchant Mariner is listing about five degrees off Dung Quat with water in three port-side ballast tanks, 174,614 tonnes of iron ore aboard and 3,375 tonnes of fuel oil.
HMM Signs a 25-Year Iron Ore Contract With Vale Worth KRW4.7trn
HMM has taken a third long-term iron ore contract from Vale, worth about KRW4.7trn, running 25 years per vessel and served by eight 210,000 dwt newcastlemaxes from 2030.
Bulker Ocean Winner Sinks in Eight Minutes off India, 22 Crew Missing
The Panama-flagged bulker Ocean Winner took a list and went under in about eight minutes in the Bay of Bengal; two of her 24 crew have been rescued and 22 are still missing.
Baltic Dry Index Snaps Two-Session Slide as Capesize Earnings Climb
The Baltic Exchange's main dry bulk index rose 15 points to 2,791 as capesize gains outweighed a weakening panamax market and softer iron ore futures.
Iron Ore Port Workers Stage First Major Stoppage In Twenty-Five Years
About 150 workers staged a two-day stoppage over pay at the world's largest bulk export port, the first major industrial action there in twenty-five years.
Strike threat hangs over exports from world's largest bulk export port
Industrial action is threatened at Port Hedland in Western Australia, the world's largest bulk export terminal, where around 450 BHP workers have been bargaining over a new enterprise agreement for some eight months.
Pilbara Ports passes 800m tonnes for the first time
Pilbara Ports has moved 804.1 million tonnes of cargo in the 2025-26 financial year, passing the 800 million tonne mark for the first time and up from 775.7 million tonnes a year earlier.
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