https://vesselhunter.io/news/this-week-in-maritime-4-october-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T10:08:22.598Z This Week in Maritime: Gulf crude is back, and tankers are still being hit weekly edition, Strait of Hormuz, tankers, piracy, casualty, container shipping, shipbuilding, Panama Canal, offshore wind https://vesselhunter.io/news/maritime-briefing-29-september-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T09:47:57.913Z Maritime Briefing of 29 September 2026 maritime briefing, daily shipping news, shadow fleet, sanctions, container shipping, casualty, offshore, strait of hormuz https://vesselhunter.io/news/maritime-briefing-4-october-2026 Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T09:46:12.709Z Maritime Briefing of 4 October 2026 maritime briefing, daily shipping news, Strait of Hormuz, piracy, container shipping, Hapag-Lloyd, Panama Canal, detention https://vesselhunter.io/news/kokuka-sangyo-kokuryu-maru-methanol-fuelled-chemical-tanker Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T09:27:57.913Z Kokuka Sangyo takes delivery of Kokuryu Maru, its first methanol-fuelled tanker methanol, alternative fuels, decarbonisation, japan, bunkering, newbuilding, chemical tanker, kokuka sangyo https://vesselhunter.io/news/panama-canal-neopanamax-draught-49-feet-33-daily-transits Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T09:26:12.709Z Panama Canal raises neopanamax draught to 49 feet and adds a daily slot Panama Canal, drought, LNG carrier, container shipping, ports, El Niño, draught restrictions https://vesselhunter.io/news/yang-ming-ym-weight-lng-dual-fuel-ms2-service Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T09:07:57.913Z Yang Ming names YM Weight, its fourth 15,500 TEU LNG dual-fuel ship container shipping, lng dual-fuel, newbuilding, hd hyundai, south korea, alternative fuels, yang ming https://vesselhunter.io/news/damen-claims-4-7-billion-germany-f126-frigates Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T09:06:12.709Z Damen claims nearly €4.7bn from Germany over cancelled F126 frigate order Damen, Germany, frigates, naval shipbuilding, defence, Netherlands, shipbuilding https://vesselhunter.io/news/pioneering-spirit-60000-tonnes-statfjord-a-topside-removal Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T08:47:57.913Z Pioneering Spirit lift capacity raised to 60,000 tonnes for Statfjord A removal offshore, decommissioning, north sea, norway, equinor, allseas, heavy lift, pioneering spirit https://vesselhunter.io/news/cosco-guangdong-pu-tuo-hai-supramax-boxship-conversion-singapore-river Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T08:46:12.709Z COSCO Guangdong turns supramax Pu Tuo Hai into 2,528 TEU boxship Singapore River container shipping, bulk carrier, conversion, COSCO, feeder, China, Alphaliner, X-Press Feeders https://vesselhunter.io/news/dunkirk-til-msc-second-container-terminal-cap-2020 Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T08:27:57.913Z Dunkirk picks MSC's TiL for its second container terminal, due in 2029 container terminal, port investment, msc, container shipping, ports, france, dunkirk, terminal investment limited https://vesselhunter.io/news/capital-maritime-finance-athens-ipo-36-containerships Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T08:26:12.709Z Capital Maritime Finance seeks €200m in Athens IPO for 36-ship boxship fleet container shipping, Greece, investment, newbuilding, LNG, CMA CGM, feeder, Capital Maritime https://vesselhunter.io/news/shadow-fleet-russian-flag-registry-107-vessels-false-flags Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T08:07:57.913Z Sanctioned tankers move to the Russian flag as Europe cuts false flags by half shadow fleet, sanctions, russia, tankers, enforcement, detention, flag registry, crea, arctic metagaz https://vesselhunter.io/news/cmes-ming-wah-simandou-25-year-vloc-contract Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T08:06:12.709Z CMES signs $2.8bn, 25-year Simandou contract for six VLOCs iron ore, dry bulk, China, VLOC, chartering, newbuilding, China Merchants, Simandou https://vesselhunter.io/news/genco-shareholder-rights-plan-extended-2027-diana Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T07:47:57.913Z Genco extends its poison pill to 2027 after Diana Shipping's bid collapsed dry bulk, mergers and acquisitions, genco, diana shipping, corporate governance, united states https://vesselhunter.io/news/hapag-lloyd-zim-israel-review-closed-revised-application Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T07:46:12.709Z Israel closes its review of the Hapag-Lloyd and FIMI takeover of ZIM Hapag-Lloyd, ZIM, Israel, mergers and acquisitions, container shipping, takeover, golden share https://vesselhunter.io/news/global-car-carriers-eight-pctc-orderbook-20-msc Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T07:27:57.913Z Global Car Carriers adds eight PCTCs in China, taking its orderbook to 20 car carrier, newbuilding, orderbook, msc, china shipbuilding, guangzhou shipyard international, lng dual-fuel, global car carriers https://vesselhunter.io/news/honour-25-five-crew-killed-puntland-somali-pirates-eureka Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T07:26:12.709Z Five crew killed on Honour 25 as Puntland forces retake hijacked tanker piracy, Somalia, seafarers, maritime security, Gulf of Aden, product tankers, casualty, Honour 25 https://vesselhunter.io/news/argos-georgia-maib-final-report-shell-door-falklands Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T07:07:57.913Z Argos Georgia sank after a shell door opened in heavy seas, MAIB finds fishing vessel, casualty, investigation, search and rescue, safety, seafarer safety, maib, falkland islands, argos georgia https://vesselhunter.io/news/hormuz-tanker-strikes-al-funtas-gulf-crude-exports-recover Vessel Hunter en 2026-10-04T07:06:12.709Z Al Funtas and three more tankers hit in Hormuz as Gulf crude exports recover Strait of Hormuz, tankers, VLCC, Iran, IRGC, UKMTO, Kpler, crude oil, maritime security, Kuwait