Daily Briefing 18 February 2026
Dry Cargo Vessel News Roundup | February 18 – China focus: car carrier and bulker deliveries to Europe, Dutch heavy lift ship order and more
HD Hyundai Samho is Making Serious Plans to Install Humanoid Robots
Report: Fuel Tanker Arrives in Cuba as Shortages Worsen
VLCC rates hit new cycle high as geopolitics buoys sentiment
Los Angeles port chief says China exports look "dismal" on volume slump
Video U.S. Strikes Three Boats in One of Deadliest Days of Drug Campaign
Czech Republic offers limited oil supply east to Slovakia via pipeline
Madagascar and Landlocked Zimbabwe Warm IMO of False Flags
Salvors Finish Defueling Grounded Barge at San Juan's Harbor Entrance
FuelEU flaw means dirtier ships pay less than they should, say researchers
- Russia ramps up retaliatory rhetoric ahead of EU sanctions decision
- FEATURE | Iran shuts parts of Strait of Hormuz during US nuclear talks
- ZIM workers escalate strike over job fears after Hapag-Lloyd takeover
- France Ends Weeks of Detention for Shadow Fleet Tanker with a Fine
- Beijing Convention on ship sales now in force
- Red Sea dark transits at two-year high
- Asia-Europe box trade imbalance grows ever wider as China’s exports surge
- Fincantieri orderbook stretches out to 2037 as NCL pens cruiseship deal
- Indian Tanker Seizures Threaten Market Shift and Rift With Iran
- Philippines calls Chinese embassy remarks coercive amid maritime tensions

