HMCC News

August 13, 2020

Jan De Nul Installs First Jacket Foundations For TPC Offshore Wind Farm Installation

Jan De Nul Group is well on track in the construction of the ‘Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration’. The very first […]

August 12, 2020

Panama Canal Welcomes 10000th Neopanamax Through The Expanded Canal

The Panama Canal welcomed the 10,000th Neopanamax vessel through the Expanded Canal on Monday, marking a new milestone for the nearly 106-year waterway and its growing […]

August 12, 2020

Container Terminal Resumes Operations At Port Of Beirut

Beirut has opened up its container terminal at the port as container lines recommence calls to the city following the devastating blasts, last week. The terminal […]

August 12, 2020

Ship Captain Of Liberian Vessel Dies Of COVID-19 In Ukraine

A representative of the Ukrainian Health Ministry Labs Centre For Water Transport reported the death of a foreign ship captain due to COVID-19 on Sunday, the […]

August 12, 2020

World’s First Effort To Stably Supply Ammonia Fuel To Oceangoing Vessels

On August 6th, NYK Line, Japan Marine United Corporation, and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) signed a joint R&D agreement for the commercialization of an ammonia-fueled ammonia […]

August 12, 2020

6 Incidents Of Piracy And Robbery Against Ships In Asia For July 2020

ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre released the monthly report for July 2020 on the situation of piracy and sea robbery in Asia. The following are highlights of the […]

August 12, 2020

APM Terminals To Acquire ALC’s Container Terminal In Aarhus

Aarhus Logistics Center A/S (ALC) divests its container terminal in the port of Aarhus to APM Terminals, with neighboring APM Terminals Aarhus acquiring operations as well […]

August 12, 2020

World’s Heaviest Cargo Operation Finishes Successfully By Tandem Of Mobile Harbour Cranes

The Port of Bronka has successfully loaded a reactor weighing more than 300 tons from a sea-going vessel onto an inland waterway vessel. The challenging cargo […]

August 11, 2020

Beirut Blasts: Italian Firefighters Investigate Wreck Of Damaged Ship

Italian fire service personnel continued helping local administrations after the blasts in the Middle Eastern port city of Beirut, Lebanon. The Italian team has been mainly […]

August 11, 2020

Pirates Release 9 Abducted FPSO Crew Members

As per reports from BW Offshore, nine Nigerian seafarers who had been abducted last month from FPSO Sendje Berge have been released. July 2 was a […]

February 22, 2021

4 Seafarers Injured In Cargo Ship Explosion In Gibraltar

A coal-carrying cargo ship in Gibraltar was rocked by an explosion which left 4 seafarers injured. The Hong Kong-flagged ship was passing through the Bay of […]

February 22, 2021

Video: 9 Ships On The Radar For Israel Oil Spill

Israel waters have turned black due to tar from oil spills allegedly from a ship and now the authorities are on a rampage to find the […]

February 22, 2021

AMSA To Undertake Focused Inspection Campaign For Livestock Ships

From 1 March to 31 August 2021, we will undertake a focused inspection campaign (FIC) on livestock ships departing Australian ports. The purpose of the focused […]

February 22, 2021

ReSea Project Certified To DNV GL’s Reclaimed Plastic Traceability Standard

ReSea Project is a Danish company cleaning rivers and oceans in Indonesia. It is the second organization in the world to be certified to DNV GL’s […]

February 22, 2021

ITF Seafarers Secures Tanker Crew Release In Iran

More than a dozen seafarers from South Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Indonesia are now making their way home after the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and […]

February 22, 2021

Very First Cohort Of Seafarers To Be Trained To Work On Hydrogen-Powered Vessels Begins

The very first cohort of seafarers to be trained to work on hydrogen-powered vessels have been put through their paces on a new course in Orkney, […]

February 22, 2021

6 Sailors Adrift For 48 Hours On A Raft Rescued By Crew Of Tata NYK Vessel

It is a cry that not only strikes fear in the hearts of sailors around the world but also galvanizes them into action. From the moment […]

February 22, 2021

How To Be IMO2020 Compliant Amid High Sulphur Warning?

Singapore-based independent test and research facility Maritec is advising shipowners on how best to meet IMO 2020 fuel testing requirements following reports of excessive sulphur in […]

February 22, 2021

World’s Most Technologically Advanced Cable-Laying Vessel ‘Leonardo Da Vinci’ To Enter Service

The world’s most technologically advanced cable-laying vessel “Leonardo da Vinci”, built by the Vard shipyard in Brattvåg, Norway, for the Prysmian Group is scheduled for delivery […]