HMCC News

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 […]

July 8, 2020

COVID Pandemic: 367 Filipino Seafarers Repatriated From The Netherlands

392 overseas Filipinos have been repatriated through a flight in hand with KLM airline, which took off from Amsterdam on July 3rd, 2020 allowing the stranded […]

July 8, 2020

ABB Teams Up With Yinson To Drive Efficiency At Brazil’s Offshore Oil And Gas Project

ABB has signed an agreement with energy solutions provider Yinson for electrical, control, and telecommunication equipment and services onboard the FPSO Anna Nery bound for the […]

July 8, 2020

Coronavirus: Crew Member Of Indonesian Vessel Tests Positive After Berthing In Kolkata

Indonesian-Flag vessel, MV Sinar Pomaala had a crew member tested positive for COVID-19 after berthing in Kolkata on July 2nd, 2020. The patient is currently admitted […]

July 8, 2020

DCSA Publishes Standards For Digital Exchange Of Operational Vessel Schedules

Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a neutral, non-profit group established to further digitalization of container shipping technology standards, in conjunction with its nine-member carriers, published standards […]

July 7, 2020

India: 20000 Seafarers Brought Back Home, 9000 Sent To Join Ships

In an interview by the Indian Express, Amitabh Kumar, Director-general of Shipping spoke about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on the shipping industry, […]

July 7, 2020

Wärtsilä, CMA CGM, Total And Other Industry Leaders Jointly Establish Coalition For Sustainable Future

The technology group Wärtsilä is one of eleven founding members of an international coalition dedicated to accelerating the energy transition in the transport and logistics industries. […]

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. […]

January 25, 2021

Drastic Improvements Of Oil Spill Response Over 50 Years

In March 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck a reef off the coast of Alaska and spilled 37,000 tonnes of oil (257,000 barrels) into Prince […]

January 25, 2021

Kongsberg To Secure Green Footprint Of New Next-Gen Wind Turbine Installation Unit

Kongsberg Maritime (KM) technology is at the centre of an ambitious new project to build a next-generation Wind Turbine Installation Unit (WTIU), destined to be among […]

January 25, 2021

Turkish Ship Attacked By Pirates: 15 Crew Members Kidnapped, 1 Killed

M/V Mozart, a Liberian-flagged vessel, was sailing from Lagos, Nigeria to South Africa when it was attacked by armed pirates. According to the reports, fifteen seafarers […]

January 22, 2021

World’s Largest VLEC Departs On Maiden Voyage With A Record 911000 Barrels Of Ethane

Dallas-based Energy Transfer LP announced the first Very Large Ethane Carrier (VLEC) has been loaded under its previously announced joint venture with Satellite Petrochemical USA Corp., […]

January 22, 2021

Carnival Corp. Accelerates Removal Of Ships; Pacific Princess To Leave The Fleet

Princess Cruises, the world’s leading international premium cruise line, announced the sale of Pacific Princess to an undisclosed buyer. The sale of the cruise ship is […]

January 22, 2021

Siem Aristotle Joins Sister Ship As World’s Two Largest Super-Eco, LNG Powered PCTC Vessels

The Siem Aristotle, the second of two ships, is on her maiden voyage from Emden, Germany to North America. The ship’s first bunkering commenced, taking on […]

January 22, 2021

Sovcomflot And Total Increase Cooperation In LNG Transportation

PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) and Total have concluded a time charter agreement for up to 7 years for a newbuilding 174,000-cbm LNG carrier, to be owned […]

January 22, 2021

Havyard Developing Hydrogen Zero-Emission Vessels In New Segment

Europe is devoting extensive resources to achieving the climate goals, and the maritime industry is part of the solution. Green solutions and zero-emission vessels are in […]