HMCC News

July 9, 2020

Protecting Shipowners In The Long Run – A Case For Stringent Scrubber Wash Water Monitoring

Installing a scrubber represents a significant investment for a shipowner. With the financial cost of the system and its installation, coupled with the lay-up time – […]

July 9, 2020

MOL Continues Development Of Energy-Saving And GHG Emission Reducing Rudder

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that a group company MOL Techno-Trade Co., Ltd. (MOLTech), MOL, Japan Hamworthy Co., Ltd. (JHC) and Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen) […]

July 9, 2020

Wärtsilä Compact Reliq Aims To Add Flexibility To The Growing LNG Market

The technology group Wärtsilä introduces its Compact Reliq reliquefaction plant. The system is designed to reliquefy boil-off gas (BOG) onboard gas carriers and LNG bunker vessels, […]

July 9, 2020

Port Of Rotterdam To Start Trial With PIN-Free Container Handling

This week, various parties in Rotterdam will be launching a new pilot project, in which containers are handled and released without a PIN code: a widely […]

July 9, 2020

American P&I Club and ABS Consulting Join Forces To Drive Cyber Awareness For Maritime Insurance

ABSG Consulting Inc. (ABS Consulting), a subsidiary of ABS focused on safety and risk management, and American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association, Inc. (the […]

July 9, 2020

Damen Holds Keel-Laying For Port Of Auckland’s Fully Electric Tug

On 7th July, in Vietnam, Damen Song Cam Shipyard, together with joint venture partner Song Cam Shipyard hosted a keel-laying ceremony for the electric RSD-E Tug […]

July 8, 2020

Torture Chamber Discovered In Shipping Containers; 6 Suspects Arrested

An announcement by the authorities of Netherlands has knocked open a new window into the Dutch criminal underworld with its discovery of torture chambers found hidden […]

July 8, 2020

Shipping Industry Must Contribute To Climate Neutrality: European Parliament

The Commission has put forward a proposal to revise the EU system for monitoring, reporting and verifying CO2 emissions from maritime transport (the “EU MRV Regulation”) […]

July 8, 2020

Shipping Sector Prioritizes Five Solutions For Decarbonization

Shell together with Deloitte Netherlands and Deloitte UK published joint research outlining industry perspectives on decarbonizing the shipping sector. The “Decarbonising Shipping: All Hands on Deck” […]

July 8, 2020

Marlink To Deliver Upgraded And Optimized Connectivity Services To Stolt Tankers

Marlink, the industry’s leading provider of end-to-end managed connectivity and IT solutions, has signed a major new service agreement with Stolt Tankers. The contract cements the […]

January 12, 2021

Royal Caribbean Group Extends Suspension Of Cruising

Royal Caribbean Group continues to focus on the healthy and safe return to cruising for guests, crew, and the communities we visit. As we work closely […]

January 12, 2021

First LNG-Powered Ferry To Serve UK Takes To The Water

The next ship to join Brittany Ferries’ fleet will be called Salamanca, she will be powered by cleaner LNG and she took to the water for […]

January 12, 2021

SCHOTTEL Awarded Contract To Propel Two Autonomous Electric Ro-Ro Vessels

SCHOTTEL has been awarded a contract to deliver SCHOTTEL EcoPellers and PumpJets for two new autonomous RoRo ships. They will be operated by ASKO Maritime AS, […]

January 12, 2021

India | Government Approves PF & Pension Benefits For 4 Lakh Indian Seafarers

Indian seafarers are getting their long-standing demand fulfilled this year as the government has assured them of provident fund, gratuity, and pension benefits. After a long […]

January 12, 2021

Video: Damen Subsidiaries Join Forces For Race To Get P&O Ferries’ ‘Pride Of Canterbury’ Back To Work

Late last year, a team of Damen group subsidiaries completed a challenging project to replace one of the twin rudder stocks on P&O Ferries’ Pride of […]

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 […]