HMCC News

July 20, 2020

Kenya Allows For Crew Change In Port Mombasa

In an effort to support countries in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and aid the repatriation of stranded seafarers around the world, the International Maritime […]

July 20, 2020

13 Seafarers Kidnapped Off The Gulf Of Guinea By Pirates

Days after the International Maritime Bureau(IMB) designated the Gulf of Guinea as one of the most dangerous shipping routes, 13 seafarers were kidnapped from a product […]

July 20, 2020

Maritime Cyber Attacks Increase By 900% In Three Years

Cyber-attacks on the maritime industry’s operational technology (OT) systems have increased by 900% over the last three years with the number of reported incidents set to […]

July 17, 2020

Damen Wins Contract To Deliver Full Option Cutter Suction Dredger To Servimagnus

The Damen Shipyards Group has sold a full option Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 500 to the Argentinian dredging contractor Servimagnus. The CSD will work on the […]

July 17, 2020

Sailor Who Escaped From Pirates To End Up In Nigerian Jail, Seeks Help From Government

Vizianagram sailor Sankara Rao Jarjana was supposed to receive help from the Indian High Commission in Nigeria, after being jailed for illegally entering Nigerian waters after […]

July 17, 2020

Video: Explosion In Iran Sets Fire On 7 Ships At Port, No Casualties Reported

In what seems to be the latest target of serial explosions and fires around Iran, 7 ships at the Bushehr Port caught fire on Wednesday, 15th […]

July 17, 2020

India: Trial Container Ship From Kolkata Port To Bangladesh’s Chattogram Port Flagged Off

India, spearheaded by the Shipping Ministry, flagged off the foremost trial in the movement of freight cargo through the Indian port of Kolkata, to the Bangladeshi […]

July 17, 2020

No Cruise Ships To Sail Until October – Center for Disease Control(CDC)

Center for Disease Control(CDC), which is under the US government, announced on Thursday that the No Sail Order would be extended for cruise ships. As per […]

July 17, 2020

300000 Seafarers Trapped At Sea: Mounting Crew Change Crisis Demands Faster Action From Governments

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) estimates that there are now approximately 300,000 seafarers trapped working aboard ships due to the crew change crisis caused by […]

July 17, 2020

Drones Monitoring Ship Emissions In Danish Waters

The Danish authorities have requested once again EMSA’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft System services to support the monitoring of ship emissions around the area of the Great […]

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 […]

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 […]