Oil tanker with all-women crew reaches Vadinar port

MV SWARNA Krishna, an oil tanker with an all-women crew flagged off from Mumbai by Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, arrived at Vadinar port in Gujarat on Wednesday with 48,688 metric tonnes (MT) of crude oil.

Mandaviya, the Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways had virtually flagged of MV Swarna Krishna from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai on Sunday with an all-women crew led by captain Suneha Gadpande, and aided by chief officer Usha Yadav and chief engineer Divya Jatin Jain to mark the International Women’s Day. “The Indian woman power always creates history. For the first time in history, a ‘cargo ship’ (MT Swarna Krishan) commanded by a woman captain and having only lady officers has been flagged for its voyage,”