HMCC News

March 24, 2022

Photos: Greenpeace Activists Protest In Front Of Supertanker – Demanding That EU Ban Russian Oil

Baltic Sea – Greenpeace activists from Germany and the Nordics continue protests in the Baltic Sea, urging the EU to get away from imports of oil, […]

March 24, 2022

Norwegian Ship Owner Gets Prison Sentence In An Attempt To Export Ship For Scrapping

The Gulating Lagmannsrett, an Appeal Court in the Norwegian city of Bergen, has confirmed the prison sentence for Norwegian ship owner Georg Eide for aiding and […]

March 23, 2022

Suez Canal To Hike Transit Fees For Ships In May 2022

Egypt announced on Tuesday that it is going to hike vessel transit fees, for oil-laden tankers that pass via the Suez Canal, one of the world’s […]

March 23, 2022

Hard Sail System To Be Installed On Large Bulk Carrier Certified By Ministry Of Japan

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Oshima Shipbuilding announced the introduction plan of large-scale dry bulk vessel with a hard sail system was certified as “Introduction […]

March 23, 2022

Hai Soon Diesel & Trading’s Order Of Three Bunker Vessels Delivered To ABS Class

The third and final tanker in an order of bunker vessels built to ABS Class to provide bunkering services to the fishing industry has been delivered […]

March 23, 2022

Maritime Grounds Of Ukraine: A Besieged Port And A Chief Officer’s Insight

“There are some crew who are suffering with shortages of provisions and the fear that they will not get home to see their families.” Outside Odesa […]

March 23, 2022

IMSAS – Supporting Member States To Implement IMO Regulations

IMO has conducted a series of training and support activities under the IMO Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS), which had been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

March 23, 2022

DSME Wins Order For 2 LNGCs For KRW 521 Billion From American Ship Owners

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) had won an order for two LNG carriers from a shipowner in the Americas at KRW521 billion. These ships will […]

March 23, 2022

NYK, MTI, And GRID To Collaborate On AI Optimization Of Ship Allocation Plans

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (hereinafter “NYK”), NYK Group company MTI Co. Ltd. (hereinafter “MTI”), and GRID Inc. (hereinafter “GRID”) have started developing a model using AI to […]

March 23, 2022

“I Will Die For My Country. We Will Not Give Up”: Ukrainian Shipping Stakeholder

“They have miscalculated. I will die for my country. We will not give up.” Shipping industry stakeholder, Odesa. The -7 C degree start was a sharp […]

July 15, 2022

Spooky ‘Ghost Ship’ Runs Aground On The Beach During A Storm

An eerie ghost vessel reportedly ran aground on a beach during a storm in Cambodia. The deserted ship was discovered ashore after it was blown away […]

July 15, 2022

Body Of A Dead Filipino Man Evacuated After Colliding With A Crane On The MV Lowlands Ship

The Banda Aceh SAR Agency team successfully evacuated the bodies of Filipino victims who were also members of a vessel flying the flag of Panama. They […]

July 15, 2022

US $40 Billion In Cargo On Container Vessels Wait Offshore

Anchorages are continuously filling with waiting container vessels of the East and Gulf Coast ports, where vessel queues have now outgrown those off the West Coast. […]

July 15, 2022

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative Joins Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center As Knowledge Partner

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (the Center) formalized their collaboration by signing a Knowledge Partnership Agreement, committing […]

July 15, 2022

New York Awards Appreciated Carnival Cruise Line For Empowering Filipino Seafarers

Carnival Cruise Line was recognized this week at the Gawad Alab Ng Lahi Awards in New York City for its efforts to continually empower Filipino seafarers. […]

July 15, 2022

The World’s First Zero-Emission Fast Ferry Ready For Operation

MS Medstraum, the world’s first fully electric and zero-emission fast ferry, classed as a high-speed craft, has embarked on the journey from Fjellstrand shipyard to her […]

July 15, 2022

IMO- Norway GreenVoyage2050 Project Published Spanish Resources For Emission Reductions

The IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 Project has published its ship and ports emissions toolkits in Spanish. The free resources, which are also available in English, provide structured frameworks […]

July 15, 2022

ABS Publishes Latest Developments In Ship Vibration Analysis

Detailed analysis of ship vibration issues has been published by ABS to support the industry in mitigating damage caused by vibrations induced by machinery and the […]

July 15, 2022

Adani Ports Handles A Record 100 MMT Cargo In Just 99 Days

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s largest integrated transport utility, has clocked a cargo throughput of 100 MMT in the first 99 days […]