HMCC News

March 14, 2022

Some Seafarers From Russia & Ukraine Refused Entry To The US: Industry Groups

Some seafarers from Russia and Ukraine with valid US visas have reportedly been refused entry at US ports from when Russia invaded Ukraine, per several shipping […]

March 14, 2022

Ukrainian Ship Captain Receives News Of Losing Family Members In Explosion

A Ukrainian citizen who captains a vessel on Lough Foyle that lies between Donegal and Derry has lost his mother, wife, and daughter in an explosion […]

March 14, 2022

Russia Warns It Could Target Supplies Of Western Arms To Ukraine

Russia has declared that its troops could target Western weapon supplies in Ukraine, where Russia’s army kept advancing from late February. He said Moscow had sent […]

March 14, 2022

ABS Withdraws Class Services To Russian Vessels, Assets And Companies

After careful consideration of the situation in Ukraine and the Black Sea as well as the applicable sanctions, ABS has taken the decision to withdraw all […]

March 14, 2022

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Receives KRW290 Billion Order For 5 Ships

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (HHI) succeeded in winning orders for five ships worth a total of 290 billion won. Korea Shipbuilding […]

March 14, 2022

Funds Being Raised For Supporting Seafarers Caught In Ukraine-Russia Conflict

The war in Ukraine is a humanitarian crisis. For the estimated 2,000 seafarers stranded in Ukrainian waters, the situation is critical. Reports of vessels stuck in […]

March 14, 2022

MOL To Install Simulator With Dynamic Positioning System At MOL Head Office

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and MOL Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd. (MOLMEC) announced that a Dynamic Positioning (DP) Simulator with a Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) […]

March 14, 2022

NYK Recognized As Certified Health & Productivity Management Organization For 6th Consecutive Year

For a sixth consecutive year, NYK has been recognized in the large enterprise category of the Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program, a cooperative […]

March 12, 2022

World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Zero-Emission Vessel Arrives In Singapore On Its World Tour

The hydrogen-powered and zero-emission vessel will make its only Asia stopover at Marina ONE degrees15 from 10 to 20 March 2022. The vessel is on a […]

March 12, 2022

Man Pleads Guilty Of Attacking Three Crewmates & Killing One

A scalloping ship crew member, Franklin Freddy Meave Vazquez, who reportedly attacked three crew members, eventually killing one, pleaded guilty in Boston’s federal court on Wednesday […]

May 27, 2022

IMO: Get Training On Maritime Transport Policy

A newly revised and updated IMO training programme is now available to assist developing countries in formulating and adopting their National Maritime Transport Policies (NMTPs). The […]

May 27, 2022

Rising Temperatures, Rising Seas – Climate Vulnerable Communities And Shipping: IPCC

As MEPC 78 (Marine Environment Protection Committee) is set to consider action to reduce shipping’s contribution to the global climate crisis, IMO Members and the global […]

May 27, 2022

Stena RoRo Delivers Extended E-Flexer RoPax To Stena Line

On May 24, Stena RoRo delivered the first of two ordered extended E-Flexer ferries to Stena Line. She is the Stena Estelle and will operate on […]

May 27, 2022

WinGD Introduces Compact On-Engine Emissions Solution For X-DF Portfolio

Swiss marine power company WinGD has introduced an on-engine version of its popular iCER system, enabling the emissions reduction technology to be installed without impact on […]

May 27, 2022

Indian Navy Launches Second Survey Vessel ‘Nirdeshak’ [Photos]

‘Nirdeshak, the second of the four Survey Vessels (Large) (SVL) projects being built by GRSE in collaboration with L&T shipbuilding for the Indian Navy was launched […]

May 26, 2022

Maran Gas Extends Optimised Maintenance Agreement With Wärtsilä By Additional Five Years

Wärtsilä has signed a renewal of its Optimised Maintenance Agreement with the Greek shipping company Maran Gas Maritime. The new agreement will run for five additional […]

May 26, 2022

Ship Owner And Operator Plead Guilty To Environmental And Safety Crimes; Fined $1 Million Each

Empire Bulkers Limited and Joanna Maritime Limited, related companies based in Greece, pleaded guilty today to knowing violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships […]

May 26, 2022

NYK And PowerX Form Capital & Business Alliance

On May 20, NYK entered into a capital and business alliance agreement with Power X Inc. (Power X). Power X develops new businesses utilizing large-capacity batteries […]

May 26, 2022

NYK To Invest In theDOCK’s Navigator II Fund

NYK has signed an agreement to invest in “Navigator II,” an investment fund managed by theDOCK, an Israeli venture capital firm specializing in maritime technology. Navigator […]