FIRST EVER MOVEMENT OF CONTAINER CARGO ON BRAHMAPUTRA (NATIONAL WATERWAY -2)
Nov. 4, 2019
A landmark container cargo consignment will sail on inland waterways from Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) to the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) terminal at Pandu in Guwahati on 4 November, 2019.
About:
Shri Gopal Krishna, Secretary (Shipping) will flag off the inland vessel MV Maheshwari carrying 53 TEUs (containers) of petrochemicals, edible oil and beverage etc.
The 12-15 days voyage will be an integrated Inland Water Transport (IWT) movement via National Waterway-1 (river Ganga), NW-97 (Sunderbans), Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route and NW-2 (river Brahmaputra).
This is the first ever containerised cargo movement on this IWT route i.e. NW-2.
The latest IWT movement will provide a fillip to North East Region’s industrial development by opening up an alternate route for transportation of raw material and finished goods.
The Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT) between India and Bangladesh allows mutually beneficial arrangements for the use of their waterways for movement of goods between the two countries by vessels of both countries.
The IBP route extends from Kolkata (India) on NW-1 to Silghat (Assam) on NW-2 (River Brahmaputra) and Karimganj (Assam) on NW-16 (River Barak).
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