HMCC News

February 25, 2022

Methanol-Fuelled VLCC Developed By DSIC & CSET Receives AiP From DNV

DNV recently awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company Limited (DSIC) and COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation Limited (CSET) for their new […]

February 25, 2022

CMA CGM Suspends All Vessel Calls To Ukraine Until Further Notice

The CMA CGM Group has been closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine and the Black Sea region. Over the past several days, group has taken all […]

February 25, 2022

Russia – Ukraine Crisis: Black Sea, Bosporus And Sea Of Asov – Update

On the morning of the 24th February 22 Russian forces are understood to have commenced operations within Ukraine this is understood to have included blocking access […]

February 24, 2022

Smoke From Car Carrier ‘Felicity Ace’ Reduces; Damage Onboard Reaches $401 Million

MOL Ship Management (Singapore) provides a further update on the situation regarding the ‘Felicity Ace’ car carrier which is still assumed to remain on fire drifting […]

February 24, 2022

Ship Trying To Locate A Famous Vessel Got Stuck At The Same Location

A vessel named SA Agulhas II from South Africa was stuck in the ice as it was trying to find another vessel that had been missing […]

February 24, 2022

One Of The World’s First Dual-Fuel VLCCs Unveiled In South Korea

AET, a leading owner and operator of maritime transportation assets and specialised services, named its newest vessel which is also one of the world’s first dual-fuel […]

February 24, 2022

H2A Marks Port Of Amsterdam As Future Import Hub

The H2Gate consortium, which brings together the partners Evos, Hydrogenious (Germany), Hysilabs (France) and Electriq Global (Israel) and Port of Amsterdam, has committed to establishing a […]

February 24, 2022

Port Of Rotterdam Operated At Pre-Corona Level In 2021

Throughput in the port of Rotterdam in 2021 matched the pre-pandemic level of 2019. Almost all goods types were up on last year; one of the […]

February 24, 2022

Russian And Ukrainian Seafarers Make Up 14.5% Of Global Shipping Workforce: ICS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), representing 80% of the worlds merchant fleet, has warned of supply chain disruption should the free movement of Ukrainian and […]

February 24, 2022

IMO Supports Oil Spill Response, Liability And Compensation In Pacific Islands Region

IMO has been continuing its work to help make oil spill response, liability and compensation a priority on the national and regional agenda in the Pacific […]

July 11, 2022

Longest Nuclear Submarine In The World Handed Over To Russia’s Navy

The “Belgorod” is a “research submarine,” per an official press release that was published on Friday by the Sevmash submarine yard. It is built to be […]

July 11, 2022

Survey: 80% Of Shippers Are Demanding Greater Connectivity And Visibility

Tive, the technology leader in the new era of supply chain and logistics visibility, reveals how 80% of shippers are demanding greater connectivity, visibility and collaboration […]

July 11, 2022

Design Of The First Fully-Electric Ro-Pax Ferry In Greece Announced

Saronic Ferries has today announced their partnership with C-Job Naval Architects. For the Greek owner, C-Job will develop the design of the first fully-electric Ro-Pax ferry […]

July 11, 2022

India’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant Successfully Completes Fourth Phase Of Its Sea Trials

India’s first-ever 40,000-tonne indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) dubbed Vikrant completed the fourth phase of sea trials on Sunday. IAC Vikrant is so far the largest as […]

July 11, 2022

DNV Awards NAPA’s Next-Generation Passenger Ship Stability Management Solution Type Approval

DNV, the world’s leading classification society, has awarded type approval to NAPA’s new onboard stability software for the passenger sector – NAPA Stability, a new onboard […]

July 11, 2022

IMO Celebrates Graduating Women Maritime Leaders

Thirty women from maritime administrations across the globe have completed the first ever Leadership Accelerator Programme (LEAP) run by Maritime SheEO, designed to equip women with […]

July 11, 2022

Singapore Ranked Number One Shipping Centre For Ninth Year Running

Singapore has secured the top spot once again in the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development Index Report. It is the ninth consecutive year that the report […]

July 8, 2022

US Strengthens Sanctions Over Iran, Targets Chinese, Emirati Firms Over Oil

On Wednesday, the US imposed sanctions on a network of Chinese, Emirati, and other firms that it accused of helping deliver and sell Iran’s petrochemical and […]

July 8, 2022

Black Sea ‘Time Bomb’ Tanker Ship Hit By A Russian Missile

A Russian missile has hit a tanker drifting in the Black Sea for more than four months. The tanker was loaded with diesel, per the Interfax-Ukraine […]