HMCC News

July 10, 2020

IMO: Governments Pledge Action For Seafarers At Crucial Crew Change Summit

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has welcomed the commitment of 12 countries to facilitate crew changes and achieve key worker designation for seafarers, following a virtual ministerial […]

July 10, 2020

MSC Joins Smart Maritime Network For Supporting Of Digitization In The Industry

MSC is proud to join the Smart Maritime Network, an industry membership group focused on increasing the compatibility, standardization, and harmonization of the technology used in […]

July 9, 2020

Crew Change Crisis In India Burning Holes In Pockets Of Shipowners

The crew change crisis among the seafarers, ship owners, and managers in India are getting worse with the escalating costs undertaken to swap crews after they […]

July 9, 2020

Coronavirus: 4 Filipino Seafarers Placed In Isolation In Gibraltar After Crewmen Tested Positive

The Retreat center at Gibraltar is currently housing four Filipino seafarers in isolation after a few members of the crew tested positive for COVID-19 on the […]

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 […]

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 […]

January 26, 2021

Seafarers On Hunger Strike, Hospitalised In Kuwait

Indian, Turkish, Azerbaijaniani and Bangladeshi seafarers are in the third week of a hunger strike in the port of Shuaiba, Kuwait. The abandoned crew of the […]

January 26, 2021

Wärtsilä Participating In EU-Funded Project To Decarbonize Long-Distance Shipping

The technology group Wärtsilä, as part of a consortium led by the University of Vaasa in Finland, will play a major role in an important project […]

January 26, 2021

Oil And Gas Industry Doubles Down On Transformational Green Investments

New research published by DNV GL finds that the oil and gas industry expects to boost investment in the energy systems of the future this year, […]

January 26, 2021

Voyager Worldwide Makes Port And Terminal Information Available In Voyager Fleet Insight

Voyager Worldwide, the leading maritime technology company, today announced the availability of a new port information module in its Voyager FLEET INSIGHT service. The new data […]

January 26, 2021

Tymor Marine Launches Unique Technology To Cut Vessel Deadweight Audit Costs By Up To 75%

Aberdeen headquartered maritime technology and consultancy business, Tymor Marine, has launched an innovative new digital technology designed to improve the efficiency, cost and operational impact of […]

January 25, 2021

DEA Leverages Autonomous System To Survey Galveston Bay For NOAA

DEA Marine Services, a division of David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA), in Vancouver, Wash., is leveraging a Sea Machines Robotics SM300 autonomous-command and remote-helm control […]

January 25, 2021

Silverstream Joins Forces With Industry Leaders On EU-Funded Maritime Decarbonisation Project

Pioneering clean technology company Silverstream Technologies today announced that it is part of a consortium led by the University of Vaasa which has been granted EU […]

January 25, 2021

Latest Seafarers Happiness Index Proves Small Steps Have A Big Impact

The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report, published by The Mission to Seafarers, reveals that small investments can make a tangible difference to the lives of seafarers. […]