______________ has signed a MoU with Inland Waterways Authority of India to build the country ’ s first hydrogen fuel cell catamaran vessel for Varanasi in UP?

Cochin Shipyard has signed two Memorandums of Understanding ( MoU ) with the Inland Waterways Authority of India to build the country ’ s first hydrogen fuel cell catamaran vessel for Varanasi in UP and for the construction of six electric catamaran vessels for Uttar Pradesh and two such vessels for Guwahati . The introduction of the zero - emission hydrogen fuel cell passenger catamaran vessel in Varanasi will pave the way for the reduction in the usage of fossil fuels and thereby further reducing the emissions in India ’ s national waterways . About Cochin Shipyard Ltd . Cochin Shipyard Ltd . is a shipbuilding facility in India . It is part of a line of maritime - related facilities in the port city of Kochi in Kerala . The services that are provided by the shipyard are building the platform supply vessels and double - hulled oil tankers . Cochin Shipyard built the first indigenous aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, the INS Vikrant . The company also has Miniratna status .