HMCC News

March 29, 2022

Sharp Surge In Port Congestion Foreshadows Shanghai Lockdown

Authorities in Shanghai imposed a strict lockdown on Monday morning, following congestion at the city’s port skyrocketing since early March. With roads, bridges and tunnels between […]

March 29, 2022

New Bureau Veritas Rule Note Addresses Safety Of Fuel Cells On Board Ships

Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has released a new rule note (NR 547) on fuel cell power systems on board […]

March 29, 2022

Maersk Explores New Ways To Accelerate Green Fuel Production With Egypt

In the presence of the Egyptian Prime Minister, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday in a joint bid to further accelerate the supply […]

March 29, 2022

Samsung Heavy Wins Order For 4 LNGCs Worth KRW 998.5 Billion

Samsung Heavy Industries announced on the 23rd that it had won an order for four LNG carriers worth 998.5 billion won from a shipping company in […]

March 28, 2022

Watch: Philippine Coast Guard Reports Chinese Coast Guard For Close Distance Maneuvering

The PCG had accused their Chinese counterpart of steering a vessel within a few meters of a Filipino patrol vessel in the South China Sea, risking […]

March 28, 2022

Russian Tankers Allegedly Switched Off Tracking Systems Almost 33 Times Last Week

Russia’s tanker ships switched off tracking systems nearly 33 times over last week, per location data shared with Bloomberg by a risk consultancy dubbed Windward. That’s […]

March 28, 2022

Wärtsilä Suspended All Deliveries And New Sales To Russia

Wärtsilä, who manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets, condemns the war in Ukraine. Human safety and prosperity are […]

March 28, 2022

Pulling The Wind – Science Behind Rotor Sails Explained

As a new type of propulsion device, the rotor sail can adjust the speed according to the wind direction at any time and make full use […]

March 28, 2022

Next-Generation Eco-Friendly LNG-Fueled PCTC Ship ‘Plumeria Leader’ Delivered

On March 24, NYK took delivery of Plumeria Leader, a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) capable of navigating oceans with only LNG as the ship’s […]

March 26, 2022

Maersk Vessel Loses Almost 90 Containers In North Pacific

The 4,578 TEU container ship named Dyros ended up losing a significant portion of contents in the North Pacific Ocean on 21st March. As the vessel […]

August 8, 2022

Toxic Warship “Clemenceau II” Starts Voyage From Brazil To The Mediterranean Sea

In violation of the Basel and Barcelona Conventions — NGOs call on President Macron to take responsibility for old French aircraft carrier Reports from Rio de […]

August 5, 2022

Joint Coordination Centre Authorized The Departure Of Three Vessels From Ukraine

The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) has authorized the departure of three vessels from Ukraine, two from Chornomorsk and one from Odesa, carrying a total of 58,041 […]

August 5, 2022

Four Companies Launch Study On Application Of Aerospace Engineering Technology To Wind-Powered Vessels ~ New Phase In Vessel Development Using Wind Power ~

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto), MOL Tech-Trade, Ltd. (MOLTT; President: Yoshikazu Kawagoe), Tokai University (President: Kiyoshi Yamada) and Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui […]

August 5, 2022

Carnival Corporation To Upgrade Global Fleet With Fuel- And Energy-Saving Technology

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest cruise company, today announced the rollout of comprehensive technology upgrades called Service Power Packages across […]

August 5, 2022

ABS Publishes Industry Leading Metadata Best Practices To Support Marine And Offshore Operations

ABS’ latest advisory provides best practices for creating and using metadata for managing digital information to support the growing development and adoption of smart, autonomous and […]

August 5, 2022

A. P. Moller – Maersk To Acquire Danish Company Martin Bencher Group To Strengthen Handling Of Project Logistics

A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has reached an agreement to acquire Martin Bencher Group, a Denmark-based project logistics company with premium capabilities within non-containerised project logistics. […]

August 5, 2022

StormGeo, Part Of Alfa Laval, Expands With Bunker Procurement Optimization Through The Acquisition Of Bunkermetric

Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire BunkerMetric, a Scandinavian software company that develops advanced decision support tools for the marine bunker segment. The company […]

August 5, 2022

China Drills Force Vessels To Sail Around Taiwan’s Danger Zones

Shippers rerouted vessels as China embarked on one of its most provocative military drills around Taiwan in decades, with at least one owner preventing ships from […]

August 5, 2022

Miscommunication Between Captain And Firefighters Led To Spread Of Fire On A Container Vessel

Miscommunication between the captain of a container vessel and firefighters at Napier indicates that a fire on the ship got bigger than it should have. The […]