HMCC News

March 25, 2022

Seafarers Are Human Beings; There Should Be No Differentiation Based On Their Nationality: HRAS

Meeting with the Stella Maris Ukraine National Director and Odesa Port Chaplain, Friar Oleksandr Smerechynskyy, was a unique experience in a war zone with impending threats […]

March 25, 2022

Ports Of Antwerp And Cotonou Join Forces With UNICEF

Port of Antwerp, the Port of Cotonou and UNICEF form a new partnership to advance resilient and sustainable national supply chains that maximize positive environmental, social […]

March 24, 2022

Watch: 207 Years Old Whaling Ship Known To Go Down In Gulf Of Mexico

About 15 years before Moby Dick was introduced by Herman Melville, a whaling ship from Massachusetts sank near the mouth of river Mississippi. After 207 years, […]

March 24, 2022

P&O Ferries Head Apologizes For Firing 800 Seafarers; Declares Compensation To Everyone Sacked

P&O has defended its decision to fire about 800 workers without prior notice. It further added that no offences were committed, a day after the firm […]

March 24, 2022

New Guidance For National Emission Reduction Released

The IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 Project has published a new guide on the development of National Action Plans (NAPs) to address GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions from ships. The […]

March 24, 2022

CMA CGM And Electrolux To Ship 40,000 TEUs Of Appliances Through LNG Powered Vessels

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, and Electrolux, a leading global appliance company, announced the conclusion of an agreement to ship […]

March 24, 2022

MOL Adopts Car Carrier Operation Digital Transformation Promotion Project

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and its group company MOL Information Systems, announced the success of a demonstration test of automated space management for car carriers (booking […]

March 24, 2022

Northern European Maritime Leaders Brought Together To Discuss Advances In Sustainability

More than 30 maritime industry leaders from across Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland attended the ABS Northern Europe Committee to hear about the latest ABS advancements […]

March 24, 2022

Port Of Rotterdam First In Netherlands To Allocate Airspace For Drone Use

The Port of Rotterdam Authority will start a pilot on regulations and traffic control in the so-called ‘very low-level airspace’ to ensure that increased drone traffic […]

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, […]

August 10, 2022

Cargo Ship Sinks After Colliding With A Container Vessel Off Ningbo

A container vessel named the BF TIGER collided with another coastal cargo vessel named XINGHANG in the waters off Zhejiang. Initial reports say one was killed […]

August 10, 2022

Ship With 260 Passengers Onboard Runs Aground In Iloilo

A roll-on/roll-off passenger ship with more than 260 individuals on board ran aground in the vicinity of Iloilo’s Igbon and Agho Islands on Tuesday, per the […]

August 10, 2022

NYK Concludes Long-Term Time-Charter With QatarEnergy For Seven New LNG Carriers

NYK is pleased to announce that the joint-venture companies* that NYK is a part of have signed a long-term time-charter contract with QatarEnergy, the state energy […]

August 10, 2022

E2open And Shippeo Expand Partnership To Deliver Native Real-Time In-Transit Visibility

E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ETWO), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with the largest multi-enterprise network, and Shippeo, a global leader in real-time multimodal transportation […]

August 10, 2022

Vessel Operator And Chief Engineer Convicted For Oily Bilge Water Discharge Offense

New Trade Ship Management S.A. (New Trade), a vessel operating company, and vessel Chief Engineer Dennis Plasabas pleaded guilty in San Diego, California, for maintaining false […]

August 9, 2022

2 Killed After Boats Collide In Texas Waters

Five people were successfully ejected and two lost their lives in an unforeseen boat collision in the Texas Gulf near Freeport on 6 August, per the […]

August 9, 2022

NYK Completes Modification Of LNG-fueled Tugboat To Ammonia-Fuel Specifications

NYK has concluded a contract with Keihin Dock Co., Ltd., an NYK Group company, to modify a tugboat to ammonia-fuel specifications. Sakigake, a tugboat currently fueled […]

August 9, 2022

MSC Smashes India’s Heavy-Lift Cargo Record With Loading Of 140-Ton Transformer

MSC India achieved another milestone in project cargo shipping solutions, with the loading of a 140-ton transformer on MSC Regina from the port of Mundra, India. […]

August 9, 2022

ScottishPower Vision For Green Hydrogen Fuels Hub At Port Of Felixstowe

ScottishPower explores green hydrogen at Port of Felixstowe to help decarbonise the UK’s busiest port. The project could help kick-start the low carbon transformation of the […]