HMCC News

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 […]

March 23, 2022

World’s Leading Online Marketplace For Ship Supplies, Raises $2.7M SERIES A Round

ShipsKart, the leading B2B supply chain e-commerce solution for the Maritime and Offshore domain, today announced that it has raised a $2.7 million Series A round. […]

August 9, 2022

The Ocean Race To Hold One Of World’s First Climate Positive Sport Events

The Ocean Race aims to slash its emissions by up to 75%. All participants in the next edition of the round-the-world sailing race are working together […]

August 9, 2022

Hapag-Lloyd To Be The First Shipping Company To Install Devices For Real-Time Tracking Of Standard Containers

Back in April, we announced that we would be the first shipping company in the world to outfit all of its standard containers with technology for […]

August 9, 2022

MOL Marks Consecutive Listings On FTSE4 Good Index Series And FTSE Blossom Japan Index

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced that the company has once again been named to the FTSE4Good Index Series, the world’s […]

August 9, 2022

The Fastest Electric Vessel In The World Is About To Take Flight On Stockholm’s Waterways

The quickest electrical ship of the world is prepared to set sail in Stockholm subsequent a year, slicing commuting occasions between some of the archipelagos in […]

August 9, 2022

Thames Welcomes The Götheborg – The Largest Wooden-Sailing Vessel In The World

A massive pirate ship-esque vessel was observed to be smoothly sliding through the Tower Bridge on Monday morning (8 August). The vessel was the Götheborg, sailing […]

August 8, 2022

General Dynamics NASSCO Awarded $1.4 Billion To Build U.S. Navy Ships

General Dynamics NASSCO, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today that it received $1.4 billion in U.S. Navy contract modifications for construction of a […]

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 […]