HMCC News

July 28, 2020

“COVID-19 Guide for Ship/Shore Interactions” Launched To Ensure Safety Of Ship And Shore Personnel

Vistrato Limited, the specialists in online dry bulk training, have produced a comprehensive ‘COVID-19 Guide for Ship/Shore Interactions’ for ships and terminals handling solid bulk cargoes […]

July 28, 2020

Video: Bulk Carrier Runs Aground On A Reef Off The Coast Of Mauritius

A Panama-flagged bulk carrier, MV Wakashio has reportedly run aground on a reef off Mauritius while on its way to Brazil, from China on Saturday, 25th […]

July 28, 2020

Golden Ray Salvage Put On Hold Because Of COVID-19 And Hurricane Season

The Golden Ray salvage project at St. Simons Sound has been announced to be put on hold on Friday, 24th July 2020 owing to the impact […]

July 28, 2020

Indonesia Make 4 More Arrests Over Torture Killing Of Seafarer Onboard Chinese Vessel

Indonesian police made 4 more arrests concerning the death of the 20-year-old Indonesian sailor Hasan Apriadi, on Monday, 27th July 2020. The charged suspects are executives […]

July 28, 2020

Port Of Antwerp Awards Contract Of Two IMO Tier III Compliant Tugs To Damen

On 8th of July, Damen Shipyards Group was awarded a contract by the Port of Antwerp to deliver two RSD Tugs 2513 after an intensive tender […]

July 28, 2020

Dubai Witnesses Crew Change Of 3000 Seafarers Within Its Territorial Waters

Completing the success of the cooperation between the Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) and the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai (GDRFA) to […]

July 28, 2020

NYK Becomes One Of The First Shipping Companies In ‘Hydrogen Council’

On July 27, 2020, NYK became one of the first shipping companies to become a member of the *Hydrogen Council, a global initiative of leading energy, […]

July 28, 2020

Australia Bans Bulk Carrier Agia Sofia For Underpaying Seafarers

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Agia Sofia from Australian ports for six months. AMSA inspected the ship at Hay […]

July 28, 2020

Resolve Marine Frees Ice-Bound Grounded Platform Barge Off Alaska Shoreline

In April 2020, Resolve Marine Alaska (Resolve) mobilized teams and resources in response to a mining platform barge used for placer gold mining that was grounded […]

July 27, 2020

Marine Scrubbers – Yara Marine Tackles The Great Upheaval

2020 will go down in history as the year that changed everything for many industries, not least the marine exhaust gas cleaning segment. “The coronavirus turned […]

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 […]

January 26, 2021

Abandoned Seafarers In Kuwait On Hunger Strike For Pending Wages Of Up To 20 Months

Seafarers on an abandoned bulk carrier are onto the 3rd week of hunger strike. Seafarers are demanding immediate release and pending wages of $400,000 USD Some […]

January 26, 2021

Video: Iran Seeks Details Of Seized Oil Tanker In Indonesia

Iran has sought to know why their oil tanker has been seized in allegation of oil transfer Iranian foreign ministry called it a technical snag while […]

January 26, 2021

First Combined Navigation And Digital Tracking Solution Launched

Leading navigation services provider Novaco Limited has developed a new all-in-one navigation data and tracking product for commercial and leisure vessels. A market first, NovacoHub delivers […]

January 26, 2021

Neptune Declaration Resets Expectation, Accountability On Industry To Act To End Crew Change Crisis

A new global pledge signed by over 300 maritime industry and human rights leaders has reset expectations and put accountability on the industry to use their […]

January 26, 2021

Exploited Indonesian Fishers To Be Repatriated; Vessel De-Listed From MSC-Certification

Following the public highlighting on 16 January by Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) of the case of two exploited Indonesian fishers of the Chinese-owned, Fijian-flagged He […]