Category: Inland Waterways

On November 29, 2023, the luxury vessel ‘Classic Imperial’ inaugurated at the neo classic boat jetty at Marine drive. 

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Amazon Seller Services Private Limited (Amazon) has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost cargo movement and transportation of customer shipments and products via inland waterways using Ganga River (National Waterway 1).

According to reports, the government of Uttar Pradesh government will leverage network of rivers for low-cost passenger and cargo movement in order to achieve merchandise exports of Rs 3 trillion in the next 2-3 years.

As per reports, the government is ready with the draft Act under which Uttar Pradesh will set up its Inland Waterways Authority.

The government is promoting the coastal cruise services by providing an integrated goods and services tax (IGST) exemption to the high-end vessels transitioning to the coastal routes.

MK Shipping Lines is planning to operate a cruise from Sadarghat (Dhaka, Bangladesh) to Howrah (Kolkata), starting November 20, 2023.

As per reports, India will have two new waterways along the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route, which will improve navigability and reduce travel time by at least 600 km.

The government of Assam is planning to modernise the state’s inland waterways at an estimated cost of Rs 7 billion.

Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMP, Kolkata) and Saif Powertec Limited, Bangladesh (SPL) signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) on September 25, 2023 to facilitate the establishment of a new multimodal transport route.

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has strengthened its operations and management (O&M) function at its Pandu and Dhubri port.

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh directed authorities to expedite the formation of the Uttar Pradesh Inland Waterways Authority.

On August 24, 2023, the Inland Waterways Authority of India and Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the transportation of petroleum products of the Assam based company to the Bangladesh.

The Centre is preparing an inland waterway on the Brahmani River in Odisha an estimated cost of Rs 120 billion.

As per reports, another inland waterway route to Bangladesh will be operationalise which will significantly reduce travel time to the North-East region and Bangladesh.

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has announced that an inland waterways authority would be set up to expand the water transport in the state.

The government has approved five projects at a total cost of Rs 11.26 billion for development of the inland water transport (IWT) infrastructure on National Waterways (NWs) in the North-Eastern Region (NER). 

The centre is working towards increasing the coal supplies through the inland waterways network.

The government of India is planning to develop an eastern grid with 5,000 km of navigable waterways, which will connect neighbouring countries including Bangladesh and Myanmar.

On July 2, 2023, the Union Home Minister inaugurated the ‘Akshar River Cruise,’ a Made in India initiative, on the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad.