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Indian Navy has created maritime history today by taking delivery of the prestigious Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) ‘Vikrant from her builder Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Kochi. Designed by Indian Navy’s inhouse Directorate of Naval Design (DND) and built by CSL, a Public Sector Shipyard under Ministry of Shipping.

The newest freighter that’s plying the Great Lakes embarked on her maiden voyage today; it set sail from Wisconsin to Upper Peninsula in Michigan to load stone that is going to be used for preparing ready-mix concrete.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Metro Weather Co., Ltd. today announced the success of a world-first demonstration experiment with an MOL- owned experimental vessel equipped with Metro Weather’s Doppler Lidar to navigate while grasping faraway wind conditions in real time.

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and NYK Group company Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha Corporation have started a test navigation using Neste Renewable Diesel supplied by Itochu Enex Co. Ltd.in tugboats operated by Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha. This is the first case in Japan of a 100% concentration of biodiesel being used in a ship.

The captain of a cargo ship, SB Cramoil Equity, was jailed in Indonesia for smuggling containers loaded with hazardous and toxic wastes into the country, in contravention of shipping laws and the environment. The general cargo ship is owned by a Singapore-based waste collection firm named Cramoil Singapore.

A cargo vessel, named CEG Orbit, reportedly ran aground off the Isle of Man as the chief officer needed to visit the washroom.

A shipwreck of The Milwaukie that was lost almost two centuries before off the shores of Lake Michigan has been discovered once again by a pair of experienced and adventurous scuba divers.

Pietro Sinisi, a captain of Costa Cruises, was reportedly rewarded with the prestigious Navy Bronze Medal of Merit in Rome, in presence of Vice Admiral Nicola Carlone, the Italian Coast Guard’s Commandant at a ceremony held at the General Command of the Harbour Masters Corps.

DNV, Sintef, Equinor and Lundin have signed an agreement to establish the world’s first pilot project for active, nature-based carbon capture at sea. The objective is to develop technology and methods to enable the capture of millions of tonnes of CO2 through the cultivation of seaweed.