HMCC News

March 15, 2022

World’s Largest Container Vessel To Employ PureSOx Scrubbers For Efficient Water Cleaning

On 28 July 2021, the world’s largest container vessel set sail from Samsung Heavy Industries. Owned by Evergreen Marine Corporation, Ever Ace has two Alfa Laval […]

March 15, 2022

World’s Largest Container Line Accelerates Digital Transformation Using Hybrid Network Solutions

Marlink, the smart network company, is partnering with MSC, the world’s largest container shipping line, to support the shipping company’s ambitious digitalisation goals, using Marlink’s hybrid […]

March 15, 2022

ECSA Backs EU Waste Shipment Shift For Recycling Of EU-Flagged Ships At South Asian Yards

Europe’s biggest shipowner body is throwing its weight behind a controversial proposed amendment to the EU’s Waste Shipment Regulation that would effectively make it possible to […]

March 15, 2022

Kongsberg Maritime Presents Its Most Advanced Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ‘HUGIN Edge’

Launching at Oceanology International 2022, the latest addition to Kongsberg Maritime’s (KM) HUGIN family builds on the proven capabilities of the advanced HUGIN architecture, adding cutting-edge […]

March 14, 2022

Cargo Vessel Sinks; Crew Members Rescued Off Alexandria Port [Video]

The Alexandria Port authorities got a distress signal from the Lebanese vessel dubbed “AYLA”, loaded with scrap iron of up to 3.9 tons. Robban Assafina, a […]

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 […]

May 28, 2022

Watch: Fire On Board Cruise Ship While Docked In Turks And Caicos

Several videos went viral on social media platforms on Thursday. These showed thick black smoke and flames from the smokestack of a Carnival Cruise ship in […]

May 28, 2022

Bermuda Triangle Cruise To Offer Full Refund If Passengers And The Ship Go Missing

For long, conspiracy theories have been developed on the Bermuda Triangle, following reports of aircraft and ships vanishing in the region. Also popular as the Devil’s […]

May 28, 2022

US Navy To Commission Virginia-Class Fast Attack Submarine Oregon

The future USS Oregon (SSN 793) is the third U.S. Navy ship launched to bear the name Oregon but is the first in more than a […]

May 28, 2022

Ukraine-Russia War Victim Seafarer’s Family To Receive $500,000 As Compensation

As compensation, the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) will pay USD 500,000 for Hadisur Rahman’s death. Hadisur was working as the third engineer on a Bangladeshi ship […]

May 28, 2022

A Most Dangerous Trade: The Problems of Liquefaction

North P&I Club has released a new briefing paper exploring the insurance implications when solid cargoes behave like fluids and presenting typical responses to claims arising […]

May 27, 2022

Cleaner Air In Ports: U.S. Scrubber Barge To Be Propelled By Schottel

The German propulsion expert SCHOTTEL has been awarded a contract to supply rudder propellers on a self-propelled barge-based vessel stack exhaust capture and treatment system. It […]

May 27, 2022

World’s Most Beautiful Sailing Ships To Moor Up In Antwerp

From Friday 22 to Monday 25 July, 43 of the world’s most beautiful sailing ships will moor up in Antwerp for the Tall Ships Races, organised […]

May 27, 2022

Port Of Virginia Moves Forward On Net-Zero Carbon Goal With Clean Power Agreement

The Port of Virginia® will be fulfilling all of its operational electricity needs from clean-energy resources by 2024 and in doing so, moves forward with its […]

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 […]