https://vesselhunter.io/news/maritime-briefing-3-september-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Maritime Briefing, 3 September 2026: Hormuz, Strikes, Korean Yards maritime briefing, daily shipping news, Strait of Hormuz, port strike, shipbuilding, LNG carrier, tankers, container shipping https://vesselhunter.io/news/zim-q2-2026-net-income-64m-first-half-loss Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z ZIM Returns to Quarterly Profit With $64m as the First Half Still Shows a Loss ZIM, container shipping, quarterly results, freight rates, teu, liner, charter fleet, orderbook https://vesselhunter.io/news/maersk-cuts-fossil-fuel-fee-from-1-october-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Maersk Cuts Its Fossil Fuel Fee From 1 October and Resets Terminal Charges Maersk, Fossil Fuel Fee, terminal handling charges, VLSFO, LSMGO, container shipping, surcharges, bunker https://vesselhunter.io/news/maersk-anemoi-rotor-sail-pilot-8700-teu-boxship Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Maersk Puts a Single 35-Metre Rotor Sail on an 8,700 teu Container Ship Maersk, Anemoi, rotor sail, wind-assisted propulsion, container ship, decarbonisation, Magnus effect, newbuilding https://vesselhunter.io/news/rotterdam-port-strike-4-september-rail-walkout-9-september Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Rotterdam Ship Handling Stops for Nearly Eight Hours on 4 September Rotterdam, port strike, CNV, rail strike, Betuweroute, DB Cargo, ProRail, Contargo, hinterland https://vesselhunter.io/news/churchill-loads-first-grain-cargo-in-six-years Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Churchill Loads Its First Grain Cargo in Six Years as Arctic Traffic Returns Port of Churchill, Federal Sprey, grain, Arctic Gateway Group, Manitoba, Hudson Bay Railway, potash, bulk carrier https://vesselhunter.io/news/hd-hyundai-ulsan-partial-strikes-fourth-year-running Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Partial Strikes Begin at HD Hyundai's Ulsan Yard for the Fourth Year Running HD Hyundai, Ulsan, shipbuilding, strike, Metal Workers Union, HD KSOE, South Korea, shipyard safety https://vesselhunter.io/news/korean-big-three-yards-operating-above-100-percent Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z South Korea's Big Three Yards Are Running Above Their Rated Capacity HD KSOE, Samsung Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean, shipyard capacity, South Korea, automation, smart shipyard, orderbook https://vesselhunter.io/news/china-takes-57-8-percent-of-lng-carrier-orders-h1-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z China Took 57.8% of Global LNG Carrier Orders in the First Half of 2026 LNG carrier, shipbuilding, China, South Korea, Hudong-Zhonghua, Hanwha Ocean, Samsung Heavy Industries, GTT, orderbook https://vesselhunter.io/news/eu-ships-beached-south-asia-while-eu-yards-run-at-5-percent Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z EU Recycling Yards Used 5% of Their Capacity While Owners Beached 345 Ships ship recycling, shipbreaking, European Union, Shipbreaking Platform, Transport and Environment, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, reflagging https://vesselhunter.io/news/britannia-crew-claims-81-percent-of-deaths-from-illness Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Four in Five Crew Deaths Are Caused by Illness Rather Than Accidents Britannia P&I, crew claims, seafarer health, cardiovascular disease, man overboard, mental health, loss prevention, P&I club https://vesselhunter.io/news/inmarsat-safety-data-hub-weather-84-percent-urgent-messages Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Weather Drove 84.6% of Urgent Maritime Safety Messages Sent During 2025 Inmarsat, GMDSS, maritime safety, weather routing, distress calls, GPS jamming, SeaFocus, tankers https://vesselhunter.io/news/tidewater-wilson-sons-helix-hornbeck-deals-close Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Tidewater and Helix Close Offshore Deals a Day Apart as Consolidation Runs On Tidewater, Helix Energy Solutions, Hornbeck Offshore, Wilson Sons Ultratug, OSV, PSV, Brazil, offshore consolidation https://vesselhunter.io/news/tsakos-sells-two-2006-built-suezmaxes Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Tsakos Releases More Than $100m by Selling Two 2006-Built Suezmaxes Tsakos Energy Navigation, suezmax, sale and purchase, tanker, newbuilding, shuttle tanker, Hanwha Ocean, Samsung Heavy Industries https://vesselhunter.io/news/mol-merges-six-ship-managers-into-singapore-company Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z MOL Folds Six Ship Managers Into One Singapore Company Running 200-Plus Ships Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, MOL, ship management, Singapore, fleet safety, Wind Challenger, alternative fuels, MOLGSM https://vesselhunter.io/news/dp-world-london-methanol-dual-fuel-feeder-named Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z DP World Names Its First Methanol Dual-Fuel Box Ship, the 1,250 teu DP World London DP World, methanol, dual fuel, feeder, container ship, Elbdeich Reederei, Rotterdam, Methanex, alternative fuels https://vesselhunter.io/news/mein-schiff-7-completes-methanol-bunkering-demonstration Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Mein Schiff 7 Takes 25 Cubic Metres of Methanol in a Cruise Sector First TUI Cruises, Mein Schiff 7, methanol, cruise, bunkering, MB Energy, bio-LNG, alternative fuels https://vesselhunter.io/news/marad-cuts-title-xi-application-fee-by-80-percent Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z MARAD Cuts Its Title XI Application Fee by 80% in a First Overhaul Since 1978 MARAD, Title XI, ship financing, US shipyards, sealift, maritime action plan, regulation, shipbuilding https://vesselhunter.io/news/sweden-signs-for-four-french-built-fdi-frigates Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Sweden Signs for Four French-Built Frigates in a Lulea Class Configuration Sweden, Naval Group, FDI frigate, Lulea class, naval procurement, NATO, Saab, BAE Systems Bofors https://vesselhunter.io/news/gmi-doubles-hydrogen-bulker-programme-to-four-ships Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z GMI Doubles Its Hydrogen Bulker Programme to Four Ships With an Indian Order Green Maritime Infrastructure, hydrogen, fuel cell, bulk carrier, Enova, Chowgule Shipyard, Norway, GreenH https://vesselhunter.io/news/senegal-prosperity-sidr-struck-hormuz-us-tanker-for-tanker Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Two VLCCs Struck Minutes Apart in Hormuz as Washington Hits Iranian Tankers Strait of Hormuz, Senegal Prosperity, Sidr, Sinokor, Bahri, CENTCOM, UKMTO, Kpler, VLCC, tanker https://vesselhunter.io/news/tugberk-imamoglu-feared-sunk-marmara-collision-ten-missing Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Ten Missing After Turkish Cargo Ship Is Feared Sunk in the Sea of Marmara Sea of Marmara, Tugberk Imamoglu, Alsu, collision, search and rescue, Turkey, Silivri, general cargo https://vesselhunter.io/news/mv-lutuf-freed-somalia-puntland-disputes-ransom-account Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Puntland Disputes Mogadishu's Account of How the Cargo Ship Lutuf Was Freed Somalia, piracy, MV Lutuf, Puntland, Gulf of Aden, ransom, Turkiye, maritime security https://vesselhunter.io/news/akkon-lines-arkas-suspend-all-russian-port-calls Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-03T05:26:38.528Z Turkey's Largest Regional Box Operators Suspend All Calls at Russian Ports Black Sea, Akkon Lines, Arkas, Novorossiysk, RMS Team, Fesco, container shipping, Turkey, war risk https://vesselhunter.io/news/centcom-disputes-iran-mine-claims-hormuz-tanker-strikes Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z CENTCOM Disputes Iranian Mine Claims as Two More Tankers Are Hit Strait of Hormuz, IRGC, CENTCOM, UKMTO, tanker, Burgan, Sidr, Larak Island, Kpler https://vesselhunter.io/news/maersk-forecast-to-fall-to-fourth-in-liner-rankings Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Maersk Forecast to Slide to Fourth in the Liner Rankings by 2028 Maersk, COSCO, CMA CGM, MSC, Linerlytica, Alphaliner, orderbook, container shipping, Drewry https://vesselhunter.io/news/ust-luga-drone-strike-fire-yanos-refinery-units-halted Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Drone Strike Starts Fire at Ust-Luga as Yanos Refinery Halts Two Units Ust-Luga, Russia, Ukraine, drone attack, Baltic, Novatek, Yanos refinery, crude exports https://vesselhunter.io/news/russia-116bn-trans-arctic-transport-corridor-2035 Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Russia Puts a $116bn Price Tag on Its Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor Northern Sea Route, Rosatom, Arctic, Russia, China, icebreakers, Sea Legend, Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor https://vesselhunter.io/news/taylor-maritime-sells-three-handysizes-chief-executive-buys-in Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Taylor Maritime Sells Three Handysizes as Its Chief Executive Buys In Taylor Maritime, Ed Buttery, handysize, dry bulk, T3 Holding, Hermes World Maritime, fleet wind-down, IVS Tembe https://vesselhunter.io/news/hoegh-autoliners-fits-gps-jamming-backup-across-38-ships Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Höegh Autoliners Fits GPS Interference Backup Across Its 38-Ship Fleet Höegh Autoliners, GPS jamming, GNSS spoofing, SGM Technology, PntGuard, navigation, car carriers, bridge systems https://vesselhunter.io/news/maib-report-stena-estrid-holyhead-jetty-contact-flooding Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z MAIB Traces the Holyhead Berthing Contact That Flooded Stena Estrid Stena Estrid, MAIB, Holyhead, Stena Line, ferry safety, allision, E-Flexer, flooding https://vesselhunter.io/news/nuyina-to-evacuate-macquarie-island-station-bird-flu-risk Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Icebreaker Nuyina Sent to Empty Macquarie Island Station Over Bird Flu Nuyina, Macquarie Island, Australian Antarctic Division, bird flu, H5, Southern Ocean, icebreaker, research station https://vesselhunter.io/news/msc-shipmanagement-fined-1-75m-concealed-oily-water-discharges Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Two Managers Fined $1.75m Over Concealed Oily Water Discharges MARPOL, oil record book, MSC Shipmanagement, port state control, pollution, APPS, MSC Samira III, enforcement https://vesselhunter.io/news/hd-hyundai-hanwha-race-for-us-naval-shipyards Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z HD Hyundai and Hanwha Take Their Shipbuilding Rivalry to US Yards HD Hyundai, Hanwha Ocean, Philly Shipyard, Austal USA, MASGA, naval shipbuilding, Huntington Ingalls, South Korea https://vesselhunter.io/news/apm-terminals-laldia-groundbreaking-chattogram-bangladesh Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z APM Terminals Breaks Ground on a $550m Terminal at Chattogram APM Terminals, Chattogram, Bangladesh, Laldia, container terminal, concession, Chittagong Port Authority, Denmark https://vesselhunter.io/news/russia-extends-diesel-marine-fuel-export-ban-to-30-september Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Russia Extends Its Diesel and Marine Fuel Export Ban to 30 September Russia, diesel exports, marine fuel, gas oil, export ban, Gazprom, bunkers, product tankers https://vesselhunter.io/news/bremen-bremerhaven-container-volumes-rise-h1-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Bremen and Bremerhaven Lift Container Volumes 5.7% as Hamburg Slips Bremen, Bremerhaven, bremenports, Hamburg, container throughput, Germany, vehicle handling, bulk cargo https://vesselhunter.io/news/wagenborg-fleetwide-connectivity-cybersecurity-rollout-160-ships Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Wagenborg Puts Connectivity and Cybersecurity Onto 160 Ships at Once Royal Wagenborg, De Boer Marine, cybersecurity, Starlink, OneWeb, VSAT, general cargo, fleet IT https://vesselhunter.io/news/hanwha-ocean-low-carbon-fpso-approval-venus-bid Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Hanwha Ocean Certifies a Low-Carbon FPSO Design Ahead of the Venus Bid Hanwha Ocean, FPSO, DNV, ABS, Venus field, Namibia, TotalEnergies, SBM Offshore, offshore https://vesselhunter.io/news/star-bulk-prepares-athens-dual-listing-euronext Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Star Bulk Prepares an Athens Listing Alongside Its Nasdaq Quotation Star Bulk, Petros Pappas, Euronext Athens, Nasdaq, dry bulk, Safe Bulkers, Seanergy, dual listing https://vesselhunter.io/news/maritime-briefing-2-september-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Maritime Briefing, 2 September 2026: Hormuz, Congestion, Korean Yards maritime briefing, daily shipping news, Strait of Hormuz, port congestion, shipbuilding, dry bulk, Arctic, container shipping https://vesselhunter.io/news/drewry-port-congestion-worsening-utilisation-not-capacity Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Drewry Puts Worsening Port Congestion Down to Utilisation, Not Capacity Drewry, port congestion, terminal capacity, berth utilisation, Maersk, blank sailings, Santos, Rotterdam https://vesselhunter.io/news/french-trawler-maranello-sinks-channel-two-crew-missing Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-02T07:19:31.916Z Search Suspended for Two Crew After French Trawler Sinks in the Channel Maranello, English Channel, fishing vessel, RNLI, HM Coastguard, search and rescue, Plymouth, Eddystone