HMCC News

August 7, 2020

Captain Of Cargo Chip Claims To Have Warned About Explosive Chemicals Onboard For Years Prior To Blasts

Boris Prokoshev, the captain of the Russian cargo ship suspected to have carried the 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate responsible for the tragic event at Beirut, […]

August 7, 2020

Installation Of Offshore Wind Turbines On World’s Largest Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel Announced

Dogger Bank Wind Farm and Jan De Nul Group announce the signing of the final contract for the transport and installation of the GE Haliade-X offshore […]

August 7, 2020

CLIA Announces Third Voluntary Suspension Of Cruise Operations Until October 2020

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the leading voice of the global cruise industry, announced that its ocean-going cruise line members have agreed to voluntarily suspend U.S. […]

August 7, 2020

Beirut Explosions: CMA CGM Announces Passing Of Missing Staff Member

The CMA CGM Group is sad to announce the passing of one of our staff members who went missing on August 4 after the Beirut explosions. […]

August 7, 2020

40% Increase In Seaborne Trade, With 10% Decrease In CO2 Emissions During 2008-18: IMO Report

The International Maritime Organisation’s fourth Greenhouse Gas Study highlights that the shipping industry has continued its trend of decoupling emissions growth from the global growth of […]

August 6, 2020

Beirut Port Officials Placed Under House Arrest Over Negligence Of Duty

On 4th August two massive explosions shook the port of Beirut, Lebanon and the surrounding areas. The blast occurred in a port warehouse in Beirut and […]

August 6, 2020

Beirut Blast: 10 Out Of 11 Missing Filipino Seafarers Located And Declared Safe

As per the report of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Philippines, 10 of the 11 missing Filipinos lost during the explosions at Beirut on Tuesday, […]

August 6, 2020

AMSA Fines $20000 To Gold Coast Boat Share Company For Operating Illegally

Gold Coast company, GC Princess Boatshare Pty Ltd, has been found guilty of operating a domestic commercial vessel unlawfully and fined $20,000 in the Southport Magistrates […]

August 6, 2020

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Receives AiP For Medium-Size High-Pressure LNG Dual-Fueled Tanker

On July 9, 2020, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd. was granted an “Approval in Principle” (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register Group Limited for a […]

August 6, 2020

Crew Change Crises Worsens In Australia As Crew Of Two Ships Refuse To Sail

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says Australia is facing economic carnage from clogged ports as a result of rapidly worsening crew change crisis around its […]

January 28, 2021

Wallem Implements Ocean Technologies Learning Platform

Wallem has signed an agreement with the Ocean Technologies Group to implement its recently launched OCEAN Learning Platform. The OCEAN Learning Platform is designed to deliver […]

January 28, 2021

ABB To Power South Korea’s First Domestic Zero-Emissions Ferry

ABB has secured a contract with Haemin Heavy Industries shipyard to provide a complete power and propulsion solution for Busan Port Authority’s first all-electric passenger ferry. […]

January 27, 2021

Hyundai Heavy To Invest 1 Trillion KRW In Eco-Friendly Future Business Through IPO

Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s number one shipbuilder, invests KRW 1 trillion in eco-friendly future businesses in preparation for the low-carbon era. Hyundai Heavy Industries announced […]

January 27, 2021

Ørsted Set To Welcome Three Innovative Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs)

The company has worked alongside Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and MHO-Co to develop the innovative vessels which will take around four hours to travel to the […]

January 27, 2021

Cargo Ship With Two Econowind Ventifoils Wind-Assisted Propulsion Units Makes Maiden Voyage

Some eight months after signing the contract COVID-style, Boomsma Shipping has now installed its first two eConowind VentiFoil wind-assisted propulsion units. Even with the restrictions imposed […]

January 27, 2021

Wan Hai Lines Holds Online Ship Naming Ceremony For New Vessel

Wan Hai Lines Ltd. held ship naming ceremonies for WAN HAI 325 and WAN HAI 326 accompanied by a charity donation today (24. Dec.). Due to […]

January 27, 2021

MOL’s Newbuilt LNG Carrier “LNG Rosenrot” Goes into Service

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) announced that on January 25th, the LNG carrier LNG Rosenrot, jointly ordered by MOL and Itochu […]

January 27, 2021

Huge Business Risk For Ship Owners Not Meeting Emissions Requirements

There is now increasing pressure for shipowners to sharpen their environmental performance, driven by an IMO target to halve greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by 2050, […]

January 27, 2021

ME-GI to Power Ultra-Large Hapag Lloyd Containerships

MAN Energy Solutions has won an order for 6 × MAN B&W 11G95ME-GI Mk10.5 main engines in connection with the building of 6 × ultra-large, 23,500+-TEU […]