A container cargo vessel is all set to sail through the Brahmaputra River soon which will be a major development for the water transport in the Northeast India, reports North East Now.
As per reports, the vessel MV Maheswari is to start sailing from West Bengal’s Haldia on Monday.
Vessel to harbor at Pandu
After a period of 12 days, the vessel is scheduled to reach the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) terminal at Pandu in Guwahati.
Course of voyage
The vessel will be carrying 53 containers of petrochemicals, edible oil and beverages.
The ship’s voyage will be through National Waterway 1 (the Ganga), NW 97 (Sunderbans), Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route and NW 2 (the Brahmaputra).
“The container movement is going to boost the confidence of private players in using the national waterway 2 in particular for ferrying goods to the region, primarily because of the safety of goods and easy handling of them,” an official said.
The official said in addition, a standard operating protocol to facilitate movement of goods to and from India through Chittagong and Mongla ports in Bangladesh has been signed by the two countries on October 5 and the proximity of these ports will reduce logistics cost and improve trade competitiveness of the northeastern states.
MV Aai and MV Beki
Two other vessels — MV Aai and MV Beki — carrying coal will also accompany the cargo vessel.
The first container cargo vessel will set sail for the first time in northeast a year after India’s first container cargo vessel sailed through the river Ganga.
MV Rabindranath Tagore
It may be mentioned that India’s first container cargo vessel MV Rabindranath Tagore sailed from Kolkata for Varanasi through the Ganga river in November last year.
MV Rabindranath Tagore carried 16 truckloads of food and snacks in its journey.
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Source: North East Now
