HMCC News

February 22, 2022

NYK Becomes First Shipping Company To Join The 30% Club

NYK has joined the “30% Club Japan,” the Japan chapter of the “30% Club,” a campaign aimed at increasing diversity in key corporate decision-making bodies. NYK […]

February 22, 2022

Pilot For Mobile Shore-Based Power On Hydrogen With Cargow In Rotterdam

On the site of C. Steinweg – Handelsveem B.V. (Steinweg) Beatrix terminal in Eemhaven area near Rotterdam, a pilot project with a mobile facility for shore-based […]

February 22, 2022

Antwerp@C Project Takes A Major Next Step Towards Halving CO2 Footprint

Antwerp@C, an initiative of Air Liquide, BASF, Borealis, ExxonMobil, INEOS, TotalEnergies, Fluxys and the Port of Antwerp has the ambition to support industries’ efforts towards a […]

February 21, 2022

Sea Level Rise In The US Is Accelerating: NOAA

The unforeseen rapid rise in sea level and the US coasts could experience an extra foot of water by 2050, per a statement from the National […]

February 21, 2022

World’s Second-Largest Trawler Discharges 100,000 Dead Fish Into The Atlantic

A Denmark-based vessel, the second-biggest fishing trawler in the world, discharged 100,000+ dead fishoff the French coast, into the Atlantic Ocean. The incident sent shockwaves throughout […]

February 21, 2022

First LNG Dual-Fuel Container Ship To Join SITC Fleet

After the Spring Festival of the year of Tiger, SITC Fleet welcomes new member “TIGER LONGKOU”, which joined the China-Japan route in Shanghai on February 18. […]

February 21, 2022

Car Carrier ‘Felicity Ace’ On Fire For 5 Days

MOL Ship Management (Singapore) Update: The situation regarding the Felicity Ace, car carrier, which is still assumed to remain on fire south of the Azores drifting […]

February 21, 2022

One Of Europe’s Biggest Environmental Upgrades Kicked Off By Hurtigruten Norway

Hurtigruten Norway has initiated one of Europe’s largest environmental ship upgrades. With modern technology, the rebuilt ships will cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent and […]

February 21, 2022

World’s Largest Cruise Ship ‘Wonder Of The Seas’ Arrives In The US (Photos)

The world’s newest wonder Royal Caribbean International’s Wonder of the Seas, arrived in the U.S. yesterday evening ahead of its official debut on March 4, 2022, […]

February 21, 2022

MSC Plays Key Role Expediting Critically Needed Medical Equipment Into The US

Prova.jpgRight at the start of the year, MSC successfully orchestrated a number of complex shipping and inland moves to help healthcare organisations in the US receive […]

May 7, 2022

Russian Tanker Vessel Detained Greece For About A Month Now

An oil tanker from Russia, dubbed the Lana, with 19 Russian members of its crew on board, is stuck in the waters of Greece after its […]

May 6, 2022

NYK Concludes Fourth Long-Term Charter Agreement For LNGC With EDF LNG Shipping

France LNG Shipping SAS,* an NYK affiliated company, has signed a long-term charter contract for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with EDF LNG Shipping […]

May 6, 2022

Search For Godmother Of World’s Largest Cruise Ship Begins On Tiktok

Family cruise line Royal Caribbean International is looking for the Godmother of the world’s newest wonder, Wonder of the Seas, and the search begins today on […]

May 6, 2022

MSC Ghana Awarded ‘Outstanding Shipping Company Of The Year’

After an outstanding 2021, MSC Ghana was recently recognised with the Outstanding Shipping Company of the Year at the Ghana Agricultural and Agro-Processing Awards. This is […]

May 6, 2022

Captain Falls Overboard From Bulk Carrier, Survived 3 Days By Clinging To Wood

A Turkish captain heading a capsize bulk carrier dubbed QUORN was lost overboard on 2 May in the waters of the Java sea. This is toward […]

May 6, 2022

500 Seafarers Remain Trapped On Vessels Stuck In Ukrainian Ports; 1500 Evacuated Since March

Just under 500 seafarers remain sheltered awaiting evacuation onboard 109 ships at Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, down from 2,000 […]

May 6, 2022

Monjasa Completes First Blending & Supply Of Marine Biofuels In The Middle East

Oil and shipping group, Monjasa, has successfully completed its first blending and supply of marine biofuels in the UAE. The project was carried out in close […]

May 6, 2022

Titan Joins SEA-LNG To Broaden Infrastructure Skill Base Of Coalition

SEA-LNG, the multi-sector industry coalition established to demonstrate LNG’s beneﬁts as a viable marine fuel, and Titan LNG, a leading independent alternative fuels supplier, have announced […]

May 5, 2022

Maersk Reports Extraordinary Profit in Q1 of 2022 Despite Stopping Operations In Russia

The world’s greatest shipping firm, the Denmark-based A.P. Moeller-Maersk, said Wednesday that it had the best-ever earnings quarter, that was driven by increased freight rates coupled […]