Maiden Voyage Of Steel Shipment From Bengal Port To Northeast Flagged Off
NDTV
This maiden voyage showcases multi-modal movement of cargo along with harnessing of the power of river-sea combination.
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal today flagged off the maiden voyage of steel cargo-laden barge from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Bengal's Haldia to Pandu port in Guwahati through the Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBPR).
This maiden voyage showcases multi-modal movement of cargo along with harnessing of the power of river-sea combination.
It is transporting a consignment of 1798 tonnes of finished steel products by Tata Steel Limited in Jamshedpur.
The two barges, named DB ABDUL KALAM and DB KALPANA CHAWLA, are carrying 900 tonnes each. After unloading the consignment at Pandu, the barges will return with industrial coal cargo for discharge at Kolkata Dock System (KDS). The barges will move along National Waterway 1 (river Ganga) onto IBPR and finally on National Waterway 2 (river Brahmaputra).
