TNPSC Thervupettagam

First Cargo Movement on National Waterway – 2 (NW - 2)

November 3 , 2019 1849 days 1942 0
  • 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.

  • The 12-15 days voyage will be an integrated Inland Water Transport (IWT) movement via
    • National Waterway -1 (river Ganga)
    • National Waterway - 97 (Sunderbans)
    • Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route and
    • National Waterway - 2 (river Brahmaputra)
  • This is the first ever containerised cargo movement on this IWT route i.e. NW-2.

About IBP

  • The Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT) between India and Bangladesh was signed in 2018.
  • It 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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