HMCC News

February 1, 2022

Seafarer Welfare And Wellbeing App Launched By Stella Maris And FrontM

International maritime network Stella Maris is partnering with FrontM on their development of onship – a new crew collaboration and wellbeing platform and super-app. As a […]

January 31, 2022

Container Vessel ‘Thorswind’ Runs Aground In Dubai; Successfully Refloated

The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) has been successful in floating a container vessel that was grounded on […]

January 31, 2022

Shipping Companies Giving Employees Bonuses Of Up To 30x Their Annual Salaries

Shipping firms all over the world are offering their workers bonuses that equal up to three years’ salary to attract and retain talent in an industry […]

January 31, 2022

Adani’s Mundra Port Handles Largest Ever Container Vessel To Call On India

Adani CMA Mundra Terminal Pvt Ltd (ACMTPL) a joint venture between Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd and CMA Terminals at Mundra, berthed APL Raffles, making it […]

January 31, 2022

NYK And Uyeno Group Form Capital And Business Alliance To Address Next-Gen Energy Supply

NYK and Uyeno Group Holdings, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Uyeno Group) have agreed that NYK acquires a 10% stake in Uyeno Transtech Ltd. (hereinafter […]

January 31, 2022

First SOVs In China: Ulstein Awarded Offshore Wind Ship Design Contract For Shanghai Electric & ZPMC

On 25 January 2022, the ZPMC shipyard, China, and Ulstein Design & Solutions AS signed the ship design contract on two types of Service Operation Vessels […]

January 31, 2022

Port Of Antwerp Records Rise In Project Cargo Thanks To EU Green Deal

Breakbulk volumes grew explosively in 2021 at the Port of Antwerp, after a huge downward spiral in 2020 due to the pandemic and global trade wars. […]

January 31, 2022

Panama Canal Among The Most Admired Companies In Central American Region

The Panama Canal has been recognized as one of the most admired companies in the region, according to a recent survey conducted by the magazine Strategy […]

January 31, 2022

Indian Register Of Shipping Classed 50Ton Bollard Pull Tug ‘Balbir’ Delivered To Indian Navy

Indian Register of Shipping classed vessel ‘Balbir’ was delivered by Hindustan Shipyard Limited to the Indian Navy earlier this month. This was the 200th vessel delivered […]

January 31, 2022

Early Dip In Long-Term Ocean Freight Rates Fails To Tarnish Exceptional Year For Carriers: Xeneta

Long-term contracted ocean freight rates fell by 3.6% in January, according to the latest Xeneta Shipping Index (XSI®) Public Indices. Based on crowdsourced data from leading […]

June 17, 2022

Asia’s First Parallel Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessel To Be Developed

Strategic Marine (S) Pte. Ltd. (“SMS”) has partnered Sea Forrest Power Solutions Pte. Ltd. (“SFP”) to develop and supply Asia’s First Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessel (“CTV”) […]

June 17, 2022

Congestion in Shanghai Port Remains Normal, Even as Much of the City Reimposes Lockdown

Shanghai only re-emerged last week from two months of lockdown, following a rise in Omicron cases in early April. Average waiting times for Tankers, Bulkers, and […]

June 17, 2022

Keel-Laying Ceremony Held In Louisiana For New NOAA Oceanographic Ship

NOAA and Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, LLC (TMC) held a keel-laying ceremony in Houma, Louisiana, today for NOAA’s newest oceanographic research ship, Oceanographer. During the ceremony, the […]

June 17, 2022

New LNG-Powered Flagship Costa Toscana Christened in Port of Barcelona

The godmother of the ship is Chanel, the artist who represented Spain in the last edition of Eurovision. The Gala dinner menu has been conceived by […]

June 17, 2022

ABS And SpaceX Sign JDP On Remotely Controlled Rocket Recovery Droneships

ABS has signed a joint development project (JDP) with SpaceX to review the remotely controlled functions of autonomous rocket recovery droneships used for booster rocket recovery […]

June 17, 2022

Costa Group Establishes Decarbonization Department

Genoa, June 15, 2022 – Costa Group — the leading European cruise company with its two brands Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises, and a part of […]

June 17, 2022

Crane OCR System On 21 Ship-to-Shore Cranes Will Automate Container Information Handling At (MIT)

ABB’s optical character recognition (OCR) system will be implemented on 21 ship-to-shore cranes at SSA Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT) to automate container information handling All 21 […]

June 16, 2022

Three Crew Members From A Cargo Vessel Go Overboard Off The Fort George Island

Three members of the cargo vessel crew named Simba jumped off the outbound vessel into the St. Johns River at Mayport on Wednesday morning, per the […]

June 16, 2022

Cadet Sues Major Shipping Company, Alleging Sexual Assault

A cadet associated with the US Merchant Marine Academy has identified herself publicly as “Midshipman X,” a sexual assault survivor who had been attacked during a […]