Topic
Shipping
Every Vessel Hunter story on Shipping: 9 stories, from 10 July 2026 to 20 September 2026. Newest: "Maritime Briefing of 20 September 2026". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Maritime Briefing of 20 September 2026
A drone kills a master in the Black Sea while Turkey circulates a truce text, the Dali becomes the largest single loss in P&I history, and Asian port congestion passes its pandemic peak.
Maritime Briefing of 17 September 2026
A disabled tanker off Oman with two crew missing, general average on the fire-hit CMA CGM Petra, a detention at Brake on a pilot's word, and the first consolidated container inspection data since 2024.
Maritime Briefing of 16 September 2026
The TD3C benchmark passes $1m a day and ten-year-old VLCCs outprice newbuildings, Oman cancels its Salalah conference, and Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd return four more services to the Red Sea.
Maritime Briefing of 15 September 2026
Gulf crude exports pass 10m barrels a day on facilitated Hormuz transits, Somali pirates release the Sward after a ransom, and a ro-ro ferry sinks in the Java Sea with 243 aboard.
Maritime Briefing of 14 September 2026
German dock workers decide on indefinite strikes, a Qatari LNG carrier transits Hormuz for the first time since July, and liner carriers ask the IMO to cap undeclared batteries.
Maritime Briefing of 12 September 2026
Houthi forces reached the Bab el-Mandeb, a dry dock fire at Qingdao killed 25 workers, MSC kept buying secondhand tonnage and the container fleet closed on 34 million TEU.
US Treasury Sets Cure Period Before Iran Banking Sanctions
Washington has signalled secondary sanctions on foreign banks working with five Iranian sectors including shipping, but is allowing a cure period for self-correction.
NYK signs digital-transformation pact with Microsoft Japan
NYK has signed a strategic framework deal with Microsoft Japan to accelerate digital transformation across its shipping and logistics business.
Bank ship finance climbs back above $300bn
Global bank lending to shipping rose above $300bn in 2025, with the top 40 banks up 6% and Greek lenders posting the biggest gains, Petrofin says.
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