https://vesselhunter.io/news/us-iran-strikes-resume-third-tanker-hit-hormuz Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z US and Iran Trade Fire as Third Tanker Is Hit in Strait of Hormuz Strait of Hormuz, Iran, United States, tanker, sea mines, IRGC, IMO, Oman, maritime security https://vesselhunter.io/news/port-congestion-absorbs-2-3m-teu-suez-capacity-reset Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z Port Congestion Absorbs 2.3m TEU as Container Fleet Faces a Suez Reset container shipping, port congestion, schedule reliability, Suez Canal, Sea-Intelligence, Linerlytica, orderbook, Asia, teu-mile demand https://vesselhunter.io/news/turkish-somali-forces-retake-hijacked-coaster-lutuf Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z Turkish and Somali Forces Retake the Hijacked Coaster Lutuf off Somalia Somalia, piracy, Turkey, Lutuf, general cargo, Gulf of Aden, IMO, Puntland, seafarers https://vesselhunter.io/news/panama-canal-loosens-booking-rules-stretch-capacity Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z Panama Canal Loosens Booking Rules to Stretch Shrinking Transit Capacity Panama Canal, transit slots, neopanamax, LNG carrier, LPG carrier, Gatun Lake, draught restrictions, container shipping, El Nino https://vesselhunter.io/news/crane-fire-injures-two-heavylift-mumbai-port Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z Crane Fire Injures Two During Heavylift Discharge at Mumbai Port Mumbai, India, port accident, heavylift, crane, Ballard Pier, Vienna, cargo handling, port safety https://vesselhunter.io/news/cosco-orders-18-boxships-2026-spend-reaches-8bn Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z COSCO Orders 18 More Boxships as 2026 Newbuilding Spend Reaches $8bn COSCO, containerships, newbuilding, LNG dual-fuel, CSSC, Shanghai Waigaoqiao, Huangpu Wenchong, feeder ships, China https://vesselhunter.io/news/cetus-maritime-talks-13-seacon-ships-pre-ipo Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z Cetus Maritime in Talks for 13 Seacon Ships Ahead of a Planned IPO Cetus Maritime, Seacon Shipping, handysize, dry bulk, Hong Kong, IPO, consolidation, sale and purchase, fleet https://vesselhunter.io/news/ghl-proposes-blackford-dolphin-return-nigeria-settlement Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z GHL Proposes Blackford Dolphin Return to Nigeria to Settle $105m Claim Dolphin Drilling, General Hydrocarbons, Blackford Dolphin, Nigeria, arbitration, offshore drilling, semisubmersible, Oil India, rig market https://vesselhunter.io/news/northern-ocean-deepsea-mira-idle-until-2027 Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z Northern Ocean Sees Deepsea Mira Idle Until at Least Early 2027 Northern Ocean, Deepsea Mira, offshore drilling, Namibia, Shell, semisubmersible, Odfjell Drilling, refinancing, rig market https://vesselhunter.io/news/jfe-completes-japan-first-domestic-offshore-wind-monopile Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z JFE Completes Japan's First Domestically Built Offshore Wind Monopile JFE Engineering, offshore wind, monopile, Japan, Akita, Kajima, DEME, Vestas, foundations https://vesselhunter.io/news/klaipeda-begins-largest-port-expansion-in-its-history Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z Klaipeda Begins Work on the Largest Port Expansion in Its History Klaipeda, Lithuania, port expansion, breakwater, Tilsta, Curonian Lagoon, Baltic, military mobility, port investment https://vesselhunter.io/news/nclh-20bn-fleet-renewal-five-ships-leave-by-2028 Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-31T10:59:14.131Z NCLH Pushes a $20bn Fleet Renewal as Five Ships Leave by 2028 NCLH, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas, cruise newbuildings, Cordelia Cruises, fleet renewal, charters, residential cruising https://vesselhunter.io/news/dutch-port-workers-strike-4-september Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z Dutch port workers to strike at Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Zeeland on 4 September Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Zeeland, FNV Havens, port strike, Netherlands, Contargo, Betuweroute https://vesselhunter.io/news/kim-heng-sells-bridgewater-offshore-umbilicore Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z Kim Heng sells 70% of Bridgewater Offshore to Umbilicore for $26.8m Kim Heng, Bridgewater Offshore, Umbilicore, Singapore, offshore marine, divestment, Catalist, cable laying https://vesselhunter.io/news/maersk-fourth-methanol-9000-teu-tacoma Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z Maersk takes delivery of fourth 9,000-TEU methanol-capable containership Maersk, methanol, container shipping, newbuilding, alternative fuels, Tacoma Maersk, decarbonisation https://vesselhunter.io/news/singapore-brazil-green-digital-shipping-corridor Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z Singapore and Brazil sign green and digital shipping corridor agreement Singapore, Brazil, green shipping corridor, MPA, alternative fuels, bunkering, decarbonisation, maritime digitalisation https://vesselhunter.io/news/singapore-western-island-semakau-bukom-merger Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z Singapore to merge southern islands into a new industrial Western island Singapore, land reclamation, Jurong Island, Semakau, Bukom, Pulau Sudong, energy hub, industrial development https://vesselhunter.io/news/bencros-fender-emission-reduction-certificates Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z Bencros issues verified CO2 reduction certificates alongside marine fenders Bencros, marine fenders, emission reduction certificates, Bureau Veritas, Scope 3, recycled rubber, decarbonisation, SMM Hamburg https://vesselhunter.io/news/royal-t-gadus-battery-electric-short-sea Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z Royal T Shipyards advances battery-electric version of GADUS dry cargo series Royal T Shipyards, battery electric, short sea shipping, dry cargo, GADUS, Thecla Bodewes, zero emission, Netherlands https://vesselhunter.io/news/acta-gemini-long-term-charter-sofia-rwe Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z Acta Gemini starts long-term RWE charter at Sofia offshore wind farm Acta Marine, RWE, Sofia offshore wind farm, SOV, offshore wind, Dogger Bank, Tersan Shipyard, walk to work https://vesselhunter.io/news/hccr-hamburg-empty-containers-rail-block-trains Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z HHLA repair unit moved 20,000 TEU of empty boxes by rail from Hamburg HHLA, HCCR, Port of Hamburg, empty containers, rail freight, block trains, hinterland, intermodal https://vesselhunter.io/news/ooil-first-half-profit-falls-record-volumes Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z OOIL first-half profit falls 24% despite record OOCL container volumes OOIL, OOCL, container shipping, first half results, COSCO, liner revenue, bunker costs, TEU https://vesselhunter.io/news/zim-golden-share-cade-review-hapag-lloyd Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z Israeli golden share and Brazilian review slow Hapag-Lloyd's Zim acquisition Hapag-Lloyd, Zim, CADE, merger, golden share, Israel, Brazil, container shipping, consolidation https://vesselhunter.io/news/schedule-reliability-july-2026-lowest-level Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z Container schedule reliability falls to 56.4% in July, the lowest of 2026 schedule reliability, Sea-Intelligence, container shipping, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, Wan Hai, MSC, port delays https://vesselhunter.io/news/china-middle-east-box-rates-pass-10000 Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z China to Middle East box rates pass $10,000 as September pressures build freight rates, Middle East, US East Coast, Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea, port congestion, MSC, container shipping https://vesselhunter.io/news/navy-extends-carrier-deployments-iran-conflict Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z US Navy plans carrier deployments beyond seven months as Iran conflict runs on US Navy, carrier deployment, Iran, Theodore Roosevelt, Operation Epic Fury, Arabian Sea, 5th Fleet, naval logistics https://vesselhunter.io/news/chengxi-palanca-tokyo-asphalt-carrier-series Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z CSSC Chengxi hands over Palanca Tokyo, completing asphalt carrier series CSSC Chengxi, Kumiai Senpaku, asphalt carrier, shipbuilding, Palanca Tokyo, newbuilding, China, tanker https://vesselhunter.io/news/k-shipbuilding-six-product-tankers-368-million Vessel Hunter en 2026-08-30T09:27:49.057Z K Shipbuilding books six product tankers worth $368m for 2028 delivery K Shipbuilding, product tanker, newbuilding, South Korea, MR tanker, LR1, IMO, shipbuilding order