https://vesselhunter.io/news/acers-tanker-attack-qatar-gulf-cul-klang-red-sea Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-09T05:06:53.447Z Tanker Acers hit by projectiles off Qatar as Gulf attacks spread beyond Hormuz Strait of Hormuz, Iran, UKMTO, maritime security, tankers, product tankers, Red Sea, drone attack, casualty, war risk https://vesselhunter.io/news/estonia-ferry-aid-cut-tallink-reflagging-warning-2027-budget Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-09T05:06:26.951Z Estonia drops €10m-a-year ferry aid as Tallink warns ships may leave the flag ferry, Estonia, Baltic, regulation, seafarers, Tallink, Finland, emissions https://vesselhunter.io/news/dubai-tower-sea-legend-arctic-express-suez-return-loop Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-09T05:06:18.275Z Dubai Tower sails home via Suez after Sea Legend's first Arctic run of 2026 Sea Legend, Northern Sea Route, Arctic shipping, Suez Canal, container shipping, China, ice class, Gdynia https://vesselhunter.io/news/precious-shipping-four-ultramax-taizhou-sanfu-64500-dwt Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-09T05:06:12.800Z Precious Shipping orders four 64,500 dwt Ultramax bulkers at Taizhou Sanfu for $141.8m dry bulk, bulk carriers, newbuilding, China shipbuilding, orderbook, Thailand, fleet renewal, shipbuilding https://vesselhunter.io/news/tt-line-viking-line-muuga-vuosaari-second-freight-ferry-2027 Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-09T05:06:03.175Z TT-Line and Viking Line to add a second ferry on the Muuga-Vuosaari freight link ferry, ro-ro, Baltic, ports, Finland, Estonia, TT-Line, Viking Line, Eckerö Line https://vesselhunter.io/news/maasstroom-eurocarrier-2712-van-wijngaarden-neptune-christened Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-09T05:05:39.731Z Van Wijngaarden christens EuroCarrier Maasstroom, a 35-tonne bollard pull DP1 workboat tug, towage, newbuilding, Netherlands, dredging, offshore wind, offshore support, shipbuilding https://vesselhunter.io/news/malaysia-sts-transfers-eopl-iran-floating-storage-hilda-i Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-09T05:05:06.408Z Malaysia says it cannot police shadow fleet transfers as Iranian oil offshore runs low Malaysia, Iran, shadow fleet, dark fleet, sanctions, enforcement, crude oil, South China Sea, China, tankers https://vesselhunter.io/news/iob-busan-arc4-lng-carriers-north-moon-novatek-arctic Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-09T05:04:56.818Z Busan manager IOB takes over four Arc4 LNG carriers once built for MOL LNG carrier, Arctic, Northern Sea Route, Novatek, sanctions, South Korea, Hanwha Ocean, Russia, ice class, Arctic LNG 2 https://vesselhunter.io/news/maritime-briefing-9-october-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-09T05:04:49.178Z Tanker hit off Qatar, Muuga ferry race and an Arctic loop maritime briefing, daily shipping news, Strait of Hormuz, shadow fleet, ferry, Arctic shipping, shipbuilding, offshore https://vesselhunter.io/news/solstad-offshore-normand-maximus-125m-purchase-option Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-08T01:13:03.923Z Solstad Offshore exercises $125m option to buy CSV Normand Maximus Solstad, offshore, offshore construction, subsea, sale and purchase, Norway, offshore support https://vesselhunter.io/news/maritime-briefing-7-october-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-08T01:12:43.302Z Aframax Rio burns off Sochi, 12 hurt on On Peace in Hormuz maritime briefing, daily shipping news, Black Sea, Strait of Hormuz, salvage, cruise, offshore, shipbuilding https://vesselhunter.io/news/nautilus-osv-flooding-eemshaven-salvage-offshore-wind Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-08T01:12:16.788Z Salvors stop flooding on offshore wind support vessel Nautilus at Eemshaven Netherlands, offshore wind, offshore support, salvage, casualty, Eemshaven, tug https://vesselhunter.io/news/queen-anne-p-and-o-cruises-2029-arcadia-holland-america Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-08T01:09:58.097Z Cunard's Queen Anne to join P&O Cruises in 2029 as Arcadia moves to Holland America cruise, Carnival Corporation, Cunard, P&O Cruises, Holland America Line, fleet renewal https://vesselhunter.io/news/wartsila-tms-cardiff-gas-al-thurayya-al-majhoulah-service-agreement Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-08T01:09:45.312Z Wärtsilä signs five-year service deal for LNG carriers Al Thurayya and Al Majhoulah LNG carrier, LNG, Wärtsilä, Greece, maintenance, dual-fuel, newbuilding https://vesselhunter.io/news/msc-baltic-iii-wreck-removal-newfoundland-halfway Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-08T01:08:33.311Z MSC Baltic III wreck removal in Newfoundland passes 55% of the hull MSC, salvage, wreck removal, Canada, ship recycling, Canadian Coast Guard, containerships, pollution https://vesselhunter.io/news/on-peace-lr2-tanker-hormuz-twelve-seafarers-injured-khasab Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-08T01:07:55.341Z Twelve seafarers injured as LR2 tanker On Peace is hit in the Strait of Hormuz Strait of Hormuz, Iran, Oman, India, seafarers, seafarer safety, tanker attack, maritime security, product tankers, war-risk https://vesselhunter.io/news/aframax-rio-tanker-fire-sochi-uncrewed-boat-attack-oil-spill Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-08T01:06:42.282Z Aframax Rio burns off Sochi after uncrewed boat attack; 23 crew rescued Black Sea, Russia, Ukraine, shadow fleet, tanker, drone attack, oil spill, casualty, fire, sanctions https://vesselhunter.io/news/maritime-briefing-6-october-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:57.000Z Black Sea sinkings, Hormuz strikes, Japan names 35 ships maritime briefing, daily shipping news, Black Sea, Strait of Hormuz, sanctions, shipbuilding, offshore, Panama Canal https://vesselhunter.io/news/csg-in-defence-of-free-shipping-warning Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:56.000Z Eighteen Maritime States Warn the Global Shipping Rulebook Is Breaking Down Consultative Shipping Group, freedom of navigation, shadow fleet, UNCLOS, IMO, Strait of Hormuz, chokepoints, regulation https://vesselhunter.io/news/onesubsea-azule-west-hub-tails-umbilicals-angola Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:55.000Z OneSubsea Takes Umbilicals Contract for Azule's West Hub Tails Off Angola OneSubsea, SLB, Azule Energy, Angola, Block 15/06, Agogo FPSO, Ngoma, subsea umbilicals https://vesselhunter.io/news/pacifico-jindo-offshore-wind-1bn-korea-filing Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:54.000Z Pacifico Files a $1bn Investment Declaration for 2.79 GW Off Jindo Pacifico Energy, South Korea, offshore wind, Jindo, Manho, Jindo Baram, Myeong Ryang, investment https://vesselhunter.io/news/bw-ideol-ardersier-floating-wind-factory-feed Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:53.000Z BW Ideol Wins Scottish Funding to Engineer Its Ardersier Floater Factory BW Ideol, Ardersier, floating wind, Damping Pool, Buchan, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, FEED, Scotland https://vesselhunter.io/news/kongsberg-maritime-acquires-steerprop-arctic-propulsion Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:52.000Z Kongsberg Maritime Agrees to Buy Finnish Thruster Maker Steerprop Kongsberg Maritime, Steerprop, azimuth propulsion, icebreakers, Arctic, Finland, thrusters, acquisition https://vesselhunter.io/news/north-korea-commissions-destroyer-kang-kon Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:51.000Z North Korea Commissions the Kang Kon, Second of Its Largest Destroyers North Korea, Kang Kon, Choe Hyon, destroyer, naval shipbuilding, Wonsan, KPN, warships https://vesselhunter.io/news/goldman-rystad-brent-120-hormuz-flows Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:50.000Z Goldman and Rystad See Room for $120 Brent if Hormuz Stays Disrupted oil prices, Brent, Strait of Hormuz, Goldman Sachs, Rystad, Iran, tanker transits, crude https://vesselhunter.io/news/member-states-resist-indian-yards-eu-recycling-list Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:49.000Z Member States Push Back on Adding Two Indian Yards to the EU List ship recycling, EU Ship Recycling Regulation, Alang, European List, NGO Shipbreaking Platform, beaching, Netherlands, European Commission https://vesselhunter.io/news/dutch-frigate-evertsen-replaces-de-ruyter-hormuz Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:48.000Z Dutch Frigate Evertsen Replaces De Ruyter on Hormuz Standby Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Navy, Evertsen, De Ruyter, Willemstad, Strait of Hormuz, mine countermeasures, NATO https://vesselhunter.io/news/mundra-port-record-cargo-and-container-throughput-august Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:47.000Z Mundra Port Sets Cargo and Container Records in August at 18.60 MMT Mundra, Adani Ports, APSEZ, container throughput, rail logistics, India, port records, hinterland https://vesselhunter.io/news/bergfjord-hav-frakt-xanthia-collision-valderhaugfjorden-alesund Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:46.000Z Bergfjord and Hav Frakt detained after three-ship collision off Ålesund collision, Norway, casualty, general cargo, Netherlands, detention, investigation, tanker https://vesselhunter.io/news/lipsi-lr2-hormuz-five-ukmto-incidents-irgc-khasab Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:45.000Z Five Hormuz incidents in one day as the new LR2 tanker Lipsi is left drifting Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO, IRGC, tanker attack, Iran, Oman, CENTCOM, maritime security, war-risk https://vesselhunter.io/news/lila-global-sells-vlcc-vadin-117m-ex-kasagisan Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:44.000Z Lila Global sells 20-year-old VLCC Vadin for $117m, nearly double its price VLCC, sale and purchase, tankers, secondhand, India, freight rates, crude oil https://vesselhunter.io/news/deepsea-mira-shell-trinidad-tobago-caribbean-contract Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:43.000Z Shell books Deepsea Mira for a Trinidad and Tobago campaign from April 2027 offshore drilling, Shell, Caribbean, Northern Ocean, Odfjell Drilling, contracts, deepwater https://vesselhunter.io/news/japan-sanctions-35-shadow-fleet-ships-first-vessel-designations Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:42.000Z Japan sanctions 35 shadow fleet ships in its first vessel designations sanctions, shadow fleet, Japan, Russia, tankers, Oman, false flag, crude oil https://vesselhunter.io/news/akastor-ddw-offshore-sells-skandi-peregrino-anchor-australia Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:41.000Z Akastor sells Skandi Peregrino for $21.6m, leaving DDW Offshore without ships AHTS, offshore support, sale and purchase, divestment, Norway, Australia, consolidation https://vesselhunter.io/news/panama-canal-lotsa-panamax-locks-pilot-2027-dry-season Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:23:40.000Z Panama Canal opens long-term slot auctions to the Panamax locks for 2027 Panama Canal, transits, chokepoint, drought, Gatun Lake, panama-canal, Panama https://vesselhunter.io/news/alfa-watan-sinks-off-bulgaria-royad-mammadov-black-sea-drones Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-07T13:14:39.139Z Alfa Watan sinks off Bulgaria a day after Royad Mammadov is lost off Romania Black Sea, drone attack, casualty, general cargo, Bulgaria, romania, Ukraine, Russia, grain, seafarer safety