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LNG-ready 16,000 TEU HMM Nuri joins HMM’s fleet
South Korea’s shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine has welcomed into the fleet HMM Nuri, the first of eight 16,000 TEU-class newbuild containerships designed as LNG-ready.Ulsan shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is building the series, …
Mar 22, 2021 / Vessels
HMM completes deploying its 12 world’s largest container ships to Asia-Europe routes
HMM, the South Korean shipping company, announced on September 13, that it completed the commissioning of its twelfth and final giant boxship, the 24,000 TEU HMM St. Petersburg. The aggressive expansion program, supported by the South Korean …
Sep 15, 2020 / Vessels
HMM HAMBURG Makes Its First Call in Hamburg
With the first call of the HMM HAMBURG, another ship of the so-called “Megamax-24 class” headed for the port of Hamburg Monday night. The HMM HAMBURG is one of 12 new container ships of the South Korean liner shipping company HMM (formerly Hyundai …
Sep 2, 2020 / Vessels
HMM Moves to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships
South Korea’s leading shipper HMM Co. is stepping up efforts to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases from its ships. Caption: Containership Hyundai Pride - Image courtesy of Steve Greenwood HMM signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the …
Aug 24, 2020 / Vessels
HMM Rotterdam arrived in Rotterdam on its maiden voyage
Yesterday, (Aug 13) HMM Rotterdam called Rotterdam’s Amaliahaven on its maiden voyage to transfer containers at RWG (Rotterdam World Gateway). It is the sister vessel of HMM Algeciras - the newest largest container ship in the world - which arrived …
Aug 14, 2020 / Vessels
Hyundai Merchant Marine joins forces with CMA CGM on TTI Algeciras operation
HMM announced that the company has signed a sales and purchase agreement with CMA CGM for the sale of its 50% stake minus one share in Total Terminal International Algeciras (TTI Algeciras), a container terminal in the south of Spain.Shares of TTI …
Aug 10, 2020 / Vessels
Containership HMM Algeciras departs for Europe with record-largest shipment
HMM said Sunday its containership HMM Algeciras departed for Europe from Yantian, China, on Friday with a full load of containers.The world’s largest container vessel entered Busan’s new port in April 28 and departed two days later with 7,156 TEUs, …
May 12, 2020 / Vessels
Hyundai Merchant Marine deploys underwater robots for hull cleaning
Underwater robots help to prevent industrial accidents and cut environmental pollutionHMM announced that it plans to replace human labourers in a risky environment with underwater robots when it comes to hull cleaning work on its vessels.As part of …
Mar 5, 2020 / Curious
Hyundai Merchant Marine Australia joins Shipping Australia Limited
Shipping Australia Limited welcomes Hyundai Merchant Marine Australia as a full voting member.HMM Australia is part of the Seoul, South Korea-headquartered global integrated logistics company Hyundai Merchant Marine. A member of The Alliance, HMM is …
Feb 13, 2020 / Curious
Hyundai Merchant Marine joins “Getting to Zero Coalition”
On 18 November 2019, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) announced its participation in “Getting to Zero Coalition,” a powerful alliance of nearly 100 organizations within various industrial sectors to achieve significant reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) …
Nov 18, 2019 / Curious