HMCC News

September 8, 2020

Captain And Ship Crew Reported Kidnapped From Reefer Ship Off Nigeria

In a recent piracy incident that happened off the coast of Lagos, Captain and one other crew member of the Seatrade reefer ship – WATER PHOENIX […]

September 8, 2020

Jotun Inks First Commercial Contract For Hull Skating Solutions With MSC To Reduce Emissions

Jotun has signed the first commercial contract for container vessels with its ground-breaking Jotun Hull Skating Solutions (HSS). The contract was signed with global container shipping […]

September 8, 2020

Panama Maritime Authority To Stop Grant Of Extension To Seafarer’s Employment Agreement

The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) will continue to extend the Seafarer’s Employment Agreement (SEA) until 14 September 2020. Thereafter, the provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention, […]

September 8, 2020

Norwegian Cruise Line Chooses Brookes Bell’s Safe Return To Port Solution

Brookes Bell, the leading international multi-disciplinary marine, scientific and technical consultancy, has been contracted by Norwegian Cruise Line to deliver its innovative software solution SRtP Onboard™ […]

September 8, 2020

Panama Canal To Ensure Long-Term Operational Reliability By Investing In Robust Water Management System

The Panama Canal published a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the pre-qualification of potential offerors for the engineering, design and construction of a new water management […]

September 8, 2020

Fuel Cell Industry’s First Commercial Zero-Emission Module To Power Ships Introduced By Ballard

Ballard Power Systems announced the launch of the fuel cell industry’s first module designed for primary propulsion power in marine vessels. Ballard’s FCwaveTM fuel cell product […]

September 8, 2020

HMM Cooperates With SHI To Develop Eco-Friendly Smart Ship Technology

HMM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) on smart ship technology. Under the MoU, HMM and SHI will collaborate in […]

September 8, 2020

Eagle LNG Becomes First Company To Deliver LNG Bunker Fuel To Foreign-Flagged Vessel

FURE VEN, a dual-fuel vessel owned and operated by Furetank of Donsö, Sweden, a global leader in the development of efficient and environmentally friendly product & […]

September 7, 2020

ESAIL Microsatellite For Real Time Global Ship Tracking Launched Successfully

exactEarth Ltd. (“exactEarth” or the “Company”), a leading provider of Satellite-AIS data services, announces the successful launch of the ESAIL microsatellite. Developed under ESA’s ARTES Partnership […]

September 7, 2020

Photos: Port Of Tallinn To Use Estonia’s First Hybrid Ship

Starting from September 2nd, passengers on Virtsu-Kuivastu ferry line between Muhu and mainland Estonia is served by TS Laevad, a subsidiary company of Port of Tallinn, […]

January 12, 2021

LNG Shipping Rates Reach Record High Of $350000 Per Day

The shipping industry has created a milestone as it set a new shipping rate of $350,000 per day because of a surge in LNG shipping. However, […]

January 12, 2021

ABS And Keppel To Demonstrate Digital Leadership With World’s First Smart Bunkering Vessel

ABS and Keppel Offshore & Marine are continuing their pioneering application of digital technologies by integrating Smart functions into the world’s first smart LNG bunkering vessel […]

January 11, 2021

Hapag-Lloyd To Soon Sail On LNG

The Hapag-Lloyd-owned 15,000 TEU container ship is currently being upgraded to run on LNG (liquefied natural gas) instead of fuel oil. It is the first retrofit […]

January 11, 2021

Ship Crew Member Arrested In Australia For Swimming To Port And Breaking COVID Rules

In a surprisingly frightening incident, a seafarer has jumped from his ship and swam to port breaching all COVID protocols in Australia. The alleged bulk carrier […]

January 11, 2021

CMA CGM Receives Third 23,000 TEU Dual-Fuel LNG-Powered Container Ship

On January 8, the third 23,000 TEU dual-fuel container ship built by Hudong Zhonghua, a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Corporation, was named at the Changxing Island […]

January 11, 2021

Indian Seafarers Stranded On Board ‘Jag Anand’ In Chinese Waters To Return Home By January 14

For more than a month the maritime world is buzzing with news of stranded seafarers in Chinese waters over an alleged Australian coal cargo unloading ban […]

January 11, 2021

SpacePort Using Geospatial Data To Solve Transport Challenges In Ports

The UK’s ports are a vital part of the country’s supply-chain logistics infrastructure. However, they can also be pinch-points, which can cause congestion and contribute to […]

January 11, 2021

Corvus Energy Receives ESS Order From Wärtsilä For Four Harvey Gulf OSVs

Corvus Energy is pleased to announce an order from Wärtsilä for four Energy Storage Systems (ESS) for the offshore support vessel fleet operated by Louisiana-based Harvey […]

January 11, 2021

Inchcape Shows Strong Leadership In Response To Cruise Crisis

Cruise industry veteran and entrepreneur Holmes joined Inchcape Shipping Services in 2014 tasked with developing a comprehensive cruise strategy to harness the company’s global port agency […]