https://vesselhunter.io/news/ob-irtysh-river-route-china-russia-kazakhstan-arctic Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z China, Russia and Kazakhstan Weigh an Ob-Irtysh River Route to the Russian Arctic Ob-Irtysh, Arctic, Kazakhstan, Russia, China, Yamal, inland waterways, Northern Sea Route, trade corridor https://vesselhunter.io/news/jan-de-nul-al-idrisi-dredges-anaklia-to-17-5-metres Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Second Jan De Nul Dredger Arrives at Anaklia to Take the Port Down to 17.5 Metres Anaklia, Jan De Nul, Al-Idrisi, Tristao da Cunha, dredging, Georgia, Black Sea, port development https://vesselhunter.io/news/china-us-port-fee-suspension-expires-9-november-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Ten Weeks Left on the China-US Port Fee Truce as the 9 November Deadline Nears Section 301, port fees, USTR, China Ministry of Transport, trans-Pacific, shipbuilding, port dues, compliance https://vesselhunter.io/news/saam-svitzer-boluda-wilson-sons-latin-america-tug-deliveries Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Turkish, Chinese and Vietnamese Yards Deliver a Wave of Tugs Into Latin America SAAM Towage, Svitzer, Boluda, Wilson Sons, Sanmar, Damen, Robert Allan, tug, Latin America https://vesselhunter.io/news/iran-seizes-bulk-carrier-over-hormuz-sludge-discharge Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Iran Seizes a Sugar-Laden Bulk Carrier Over an Oil and Sludge Discharge in Hormuz Strait of Hormuz, Iran, bulk carrier, pollution, Hormozgan, oil spill, detention, Qeshm https://vesselhunter.io/news/gao-attack-submarines-41-ship-years-idle-shipyards Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z US Attack Submarines Have Spent 41 Ship-Years Idle Waiting for Shipyard Capacity GAO, US Navy, attack submarines, shipyard capacity, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, USS Pasadena, decommissioning, naval maintenance https://vesselhunter.io/news/abb-power-package-cook-strait-ferries-kupe-and-cook Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z ABB Takes the Power and Propulsion Package for New Zealand's Cook Strait Ferries Cook Strait, Ferry Holdings, ABB, Azipod, Guangzhou Shipyard International, ro-pax, New Zealand, battery hybrid https://vesselhunter.io/news/georgia-one-month-exemption-qualified-ships-cook Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Georgia Moves to Let Ships With Ten or More Crew Sail a Month Without a Qualified Cook Georgia, Maritime Labour Convention, ship's cook, Maritime Transport Agency, manning, seafarers, flag state, MLC 2006 https://vesselhunter.io/news/norway-seizes-professor-molchanov-naftogaz-crimea-award Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Norway Seizes the Professor Molchanov at Barentsburg on a Naftogaz Crimea Claim Professor Molchanov, Naftogaz, Svalbard, Barentsburg, Norway, Russia, arrest of ships, Crimea, Nord-Troms District Court https://vesselhunter.io/news/iranian-tankers-anchored-off-sri-lanka-and-malaysia Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Iranian Tankers Ride at Anchor off Sri Lanka and Malaysia With Nowhere to Discharge Iran, tankers, Sri Lanka, Galle, Malaysia, blockade, CENTCOM, Kpler, sanctions, ship to ship transfer https://vesselhunter.io/news/panama-buys-out-petroterminal-de-panama-191-7m Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Panama Pays $191.7m for Full Ownership of Its Cross-Country Oil Corridor Panama, Petroterminal de Panama, pipeline, Chiriqui Grande, Charco Azul, crude oil, VLCC, port infrastructure https://vesselhunter.io/news/pink-corridor-nuclear-containership-felixstowe-charleston Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Felixstowe and Charleston Join a Pink Corridor Study for Nuclear Powered Box Ships nuclear propulsion, pink corridor, Lloyd's Register, Maersk, Port of Felixstowe, Port of Charleston, MARAD, CORE POWER https://vesselhunter.io/news/kang-duk-soo-returns-sk-oceanplant-d-ocean-consortium Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z The Architect of STX Returns to Shipbuilding Through a Stake in SK Oceanplant SK Oceanplant, Kang Duk-soo, STX, D-Ocean Asset Management, South Korea, shipyards, aframax, Hengli Heavy Industries https://vesselhunter.io/news/cbp-consultation-foreign-export-documents-importers Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z US Customs Weighs Demanding Foreign Export Filings From Importers Before Cargo Sails CBP, US Customs, importers, supply chain, transhipment, Federal Register, rules of origin, compliance https://vesselhunter.io/news/tns-catcher-capsizes-busan-one-dead-six-missing Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Tug TNS Catcher Capsizes While Turning a Box Ship off Busan, Leaving Six Missing TNS Catcher, Busan, MSC Ikaria VI, tug, capsize, South Korea, Busan Coast Guard, towline, search and rescue https://vesselhunter.io/news/germany-offshore-wind-law-contracts-for-difference-35-years Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Germany Rewrites Its Offshore Wind Law With Contracts for Difference and 35-Year Lives Germany, offshore wind, contracts for difference, Wind Energy at Sea Act, North Sea, auctions, Net-Zero Industry Act https://vesselhunter.io/news/diana-shipping-cuts-genco-stake-below-10-percent Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Diana Shipping Cuts Its Genco Holding Below 10% After Selling 275,000 More Shares Diana Shipping, Genco Shipping, dry bulk, SEC filing, takeover, Greece, share sale, beneficial owner https://vesselhunter.io/news/yangzijiang-maritime-orders-up-to-12-more-newbuildings Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Yangzijiang Maritime Signs for Up to 12 More Newbuildings Across Two Chinese Yards Yangzijiang Maritime, Nanyang Shipbuilding, Qidong Qianyao, ultramax, MR tanker, newbuilding, Ren Yuanlin, Singapore https://vesselhunter.io/news/punta-arenas-falklands-cargo-service-easter-island-naviera Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Chilean Operator Prepares a Punta Arenas to Falklands Cargo Service for November Falkland Islands, Punta Arenas, Easter Island Naviera, Chile, Argentina, cargo service, Montevideo, South Atlantic https://vesselhunter.io/news/minerva-marine-sells-two-2006-built-ice-class-tankers Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Minerva Marine Sells Two 2006-Built Ice-Class Tankers to Chinese Buyers Minerva Marine, Minerva Nounou, Minerva Xanthe, aframax, MR tanker, ice class, sale and purchase, Greece, Martinos https://vesselhunter.io/news/eu-stops-the-clock-saipem-subsea7-phase-two-review Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Brussels Stops the Clock on the Saipem and Subsea7 Phase II Merger Review Saipem, Subsea7, Saipem7, European Commission, merger control, SURF, offshore engineering, phase II https://vesselhunter.io/news/mpa-singapore-warns-false-vessel-data-port-calls Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Singapore Warns Owners and Agents Over False Vessel Data Filed for Port Calls MPA Singapore, false flag, GISIS, ship registration, port clearance, IMO, sanctions, due diligence, fraud https://vesselhunter.io/news/south-korea-state-led-offshore-wind-siting-25gw-2031 Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z South Korea Takes Offshore Wind Site Selection Into State Hands With 25 GW Target South Korea, offshore wind, site selection, Offshore Wind Power Committee, permitting, renewables, maritime traffic, fisheries https://vesselhunter.io/news/maritime-briefing-4-september-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Maritime Briefing, 4 September 2026: Hormuz, Anchorages, Yard Capacity maritime briefing, daily shipping news, Strait of Hormuz, tankers, ports, shipbuilding, offshore wind, container shipping https://vesselhunter.io/news/gt-victory-tug-seized-canary-islands-3361-kg-cocaine Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Tug Seized off the Canary Islands With 3,361 Kilograms of Cocaine in 139 Bales GT Victory, cocaine, Canary Islands, Spain, Civil Guard, DEA, tug, drug smuggling, Santa Cruz de Tenerife https://vesselhunter.io/news/eia-rabobank-brent-forecasts-hormuz-inventory-drawdown Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Hormuz Stalemate Keeps Brent Near $86 With a $100 Risk Case in the Forecasts Strait of Hormuz, Brent, crude oil, EIA, Rabobank, oil price, tanker market, Bab el-Mandab https://vesselhunter.io/news/nyk-buys-half-of-avenir-lng-from-stolt-nielsen Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z NYK Takes Half of Avenir LNG to Build a Bunkering Venture With Stolt-Nielsen NYK, Avenir LNG, Stolt-Nielsen, LNG bunkering, bio-LNG, joint venture, Takaya Soga, Udo Lange https://vesselhunter.io/news/peter-dohle-adds-two-more-14000-teu-at-hudong-zhonghua Vessel Hunter en 2026-09-04T12:58:19.626Z Peter Dohle Adds Two More 14,000 teu Ships at Hudong-Zhonghua, Taking the Series to Six Peter Dohle, Hudong-Zhonghua, CSSC, container ship, newbuilding, methanol, ESL Singapore, Hamburg 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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