HMCC News

July 27, 2020

German Cruise Ship To Begin Sailing With 217 Filipino Seafarers Onboard

A German cruise ship by AIDA cruise operators, set to sail for a short-term cruise has hired 217 Filipino seafarers onboard. This stands as a first […]

July 27, 2020

World’s First “Megaship” At The End Of Its Journey As It Awaits Scrapping

Worlds’ first ‘megaship’ Sovereign and sister vessel Monarch is now beached at Aliga, Turkey, waiting to be scrapped for recycling. The two former Royal Caribbean Ships […]

July 27, 2020

Last Of 2 Kidnapped Seafarers From Tanker Vessel Return To India

After almost 3 weeks, the last 2 seafarers who had been captured during the hijacking of an oil tanker returned to India. The tanker, named MT […]

July 27, 2020

Silverstream Secures Orders For Eight New HHI Built LNG Carriers

Pioneering clean technology company Silverstream Technologies announced that it has secured another new deal to install its market-leading air lubrication technology, the Silverstream® System, onboard eight […]

July 24, 2020

Innovative Tool To Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales From Over-Speeding Ships Released

A report released by Oceana Canada reveals that a voluntary slowdown measure put in place by Transport Canada this year to protect critically endangered North Atlantic […]

July 24, 2020

First Uncrewed, Remotely-Operated Superyacht Support Vessel Concept Unveiled

SEA-KIT has launched a new concept in superyacht support vessels, the first uncrewed vessel specifically designed for the sector. SEA-KIT’s remotely operated superyacht support vessel will […]

July 24, 2020

Hong Kong Faces Third Wave Of COVID-19 Cases, Fears New Cases From Cargo Ships

Hong Kong’s third wave of COVID-19 infections has raised questions about the risk and possibility of imported infections arriving by cargo ships and among the crew […]

July 24, 2020

Video: Passenger Ship Carrying 47 Catches Fire Off Cebu, Company Declares “Zero Casualties”

MV Filipinas Dinagat, owned by the Cokaliong Shipping Lines caught fire on Thursday, July 22nd, 2020, at around 10 pm while on its route to Palampom […]

July 24, 2020

Viking Announces New Cruise Service With 27 Countries, 56 Ports And Costing $50000

Even though the cruise industry is suffering a recession, that won’t stop companies from coming up with some of the best deals to boost the industry. […]

July 24, 2020

Royal Caribbean Reinvents Cruise Industry’s Safety Drill

Royal Caribbean Group is replacing one of the least-loved but most important parts of a cruise vacation – the safety drill – with Muster 2.0, an […]

January 29, 2021

Seafarer Killed in Horrific Piracy Attack: Governments Urged to Act, Or Risk More Deaths

Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea killed a seafarer and took another 15 seafarers hostage in an attack on Saturday. “Governments must take immediate action to […]

January 28, 2021

Alfa Laval Joins Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center For Zero Carbon Shipping As Strategic Partner

Alfa Laval and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping announced that they have formalized a strategic collaboration on the development of zero carbon solutions […]

January 28, 2021

Shipping Costs From China To Europe Skyrocket Amid Containers Shortage

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt maritime trade the cost of shipping goods is skyrocketing. In recent weeks, the situation is so dire that the […]

January 28, 2021

Philippines Govt. Asked To Vaccinate Seafarers On Priority

As COVID-19 vaccinations take center stage across all countries the urge to put seafarers on the priority list has gained momentum. While countries like Singapore have […]

January 28, 2021

Container Turmoil Driving Long-Term Freight Rates To Historic Highs

2021 has got off to flying start for long-term contracted ocean freight rates, according to the latest XSI® Public Indices report from Xeneta. January’s XSI®, which […]

January 28, 2021

Wärtsilä Wins Major Order To Provide 36 Dual-Fuel Engines For Six New LNG Carrier Vessels

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply the dual-fuel engines for six new 172,500 cbm LNG carrier vessels being built to serve the Arctic LNG 2 project […]

January 28, 2021

Corvus Energy Awarded Battery For World’s First Zero-Emission Tanker Project

Corvus Energy is pleased to announce that Kawasaki Heavy Industries has selected Corvus Energy to supply the energy storage system (ESS) for the first zero-emissions electric […]

January 28, 2021

DeepSea Launches World’s First Hardware-Free AI-Driven Platform For Vessel Performance Insights Cassandra Light

DeepSea Technologies, the AI led maritime technology company, has launched Cassandra Light, the world’s first cost-effective, hardware-free AI-driven platform able to deliver accurate vessel performance insights […]

January 28, 2021

WinGD’s Biggest X-DF Dual-Fuel Engine Secures ‘Guinness World Record’

Since the first 12X92DF engine was built in 2019, WinGD has been confident in calling it the world’s most powerful dual-fuel engine. Now it’s official. The […]