HMCC News

February 15, 2022

Hapag-Lloyd AG To Receive Friend Of The Sea’s Whale-Safe Award

Friend of the Sea, a conservation project by the World Sustainability Organization is pleased to award Hapag-Lloyd, one of the world’s leading shipping companies, the highest […]

February 15, 2022

Poland’s First LNG-Fuelled RoPax Vessels To Use Decarbonisation Solutions From Wärtsilä

The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted by Remontowa shipyard in Poland to supply engines, fuel storage and supply systems for three new RoPax vessels, the […]

February 15, 2022

NYK Aims To Realize Zero-Emission Ships And Promote Offshore Wind-Power Generation

On January 28, NYK and PowerX, Inc. (Power X) agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly study the possibility of collaboration on development of […]

February 15, 2022

Red Sea Project On Maritime Security Launched

The Regional Programme for Maritime Security in the Red Sea Area (‘Red Sea Project’) has been launched at the Djibouti Regional Training Centre (10 February). The project, funded by the European Union, […]

February 14, 2022

Drugs Worth INR2,000 Crore Confiscated From Another Vessel Off Indian Coast

Less than five months after India’s largest-ever drug haul off the coast of Gujarat (State on the west coast of India), about 750 kgs of contraband […]

February 14, 2022

Bullying And Harassment Continues To Be A Challenge For Maritime Industry

Bullying and harassment continues to be a challenge for the maritime industry Women and minority groups are especially exposed to bullying and harassment at sea. This […]

February 14, 2022

GTT Inks New Global Technical Services Agreement With Nakilat For 26 Vessels

GTT announces the signature of a Technical Services Agreement (TSA) with the Qatari shipping and maritime company Nakilat. GTT will support Nakilat with the maintenance and […]

February 14, 2022

Seafarer Duo Stuck In Iran Since 2019 Rescued With Help Of Maritime Union Of India

Two seafarers from India who were left stranded without their passports on a cargo vessel in Bushehr in Iran from 2019 have been released post the […]

February 14, 2022

ABG Shipyard Booked For India’s Biggest-Ever Bank Fraud of Over INR22,842 Crore

In the biggest bank fraud case so far, the CBI has booked ABG Shipyard Ltd along with its former chair and Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal, the managing […]

February 14, 2022

Disney Cruise Line’s First Of Three LNG-Powered Ships Floats Out

The newest Disney Cruise Line ship touched water for the first time today during “float out,” a major construction milestone celebrated in true Disney style with […]

July 6, 2022

Eastern Pacific Shipping Completes Inaugural Bunkering for Greenway- World’s First Dual-Fuel LNG Suezmax tanker

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) announced it has completed its first LNG bunkering operations for its managed vessel, Greenway – the world’s first dual-fuel LNG Suezmax tanker. […]

July 6, 2022

MSC And Fincantieri Announced the Construction of Two Next Generation Cruise Ships

Explora Journeys, the luxury travel brand of the Cruise Division of MSC Group, and Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, today announced the signing […]

July 6, 2022

A.P. Moller – Maersk Closes Acquisition Of ResQ

A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has completed the acquisition of the company ResQ for its subsidiary Maersk Training. On 17 June, Maersk announced its intention to […]

July 6, 2022

Construction Of Wilhelmshaven LNG Terminal to Commence Shortly

The construction work for Germany’s first LNG terminal and for the onshore and seaward port infrastructure can begin now that the – State Trade Supervisory Authority […]

July 5, 2022

Tugboat Rescues Cargo Ship Portland Bay From Disaster Near Sydney

The three members of a tugboat successfully saved the state from a massive disaster on Monday after a stricken cargo vessel loaded with hundreds of tonnes […]

July 5, 2022

Egypt’s Suez Canal Revenue Touches $7 Billion Record High

Egypt’s Suez Canal revenue accomplished a record high of $7 billion in the financial year to 30 June, up 20.7% from the year before, the Chairman […]

July 5, 2022

Fourth Person Rescued From Sunken China Vessel, 12 Bodies Discovered

A fourth member of the crew was rescued on Monday; two days after a storm reportedly sunk an engineering vessel, per reports shared by a Chinese […]

July 5, 2022

DNV Recognizes Arcadia Shipmanagement’s Aegean Myth As The First Verified SEEMP III Vessel

Classification society DNV presented Arcadia Shipmanagement Co Ltd. with a certificate recognizing their vessel Aegean Myth as the first vessel globally to have a SEEMP III […]

July 5, 2022

ELEMANTHA H2, First High-Powered Hydrogen Barge For Electrification of Ships To Be Developed

Améthyste, ArianeGroup, Cetim, HDF Energy, Rubis Terminal and Sofresid engineering have teamed up to develop the multi-service power barge ELEMANTA H2, designed to supply green electricity […]