Kochi is all set to sail Water Metro
KOCHI : Kochi will soon have the distinction of being the first Indian city to roll out a water metro, the new innovative transport system combining water based transport with road and rail. The
Govt intends to increase the share of IWT to 5% as per MIV-2030 : Sarbananda Sonowal
NEW DELHI : Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal informed in a written reply to the Lok Sabha that, Inland Water Transport (IWT) is the most economical mode of transportation,
Work of National Waterway-5 in Odisha is under way : Tukuni Sahu
BHUBANESWAR : Shri Tukuni Sahu, the Transport Minister told the state assembly that first phase and second phase work of National Waterway-5 on the Mahanadi is underway. Development work of the first phase has
IWAI : Container Ro-Ro ferry may be operated on Vypin-Bolgatty route
KOCHI : The Kochi Corporation has requested the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to spare one of the two container roll-on roll off (ro-ro) vessels to operate in the Fort Kochi-Bolgatty Island corridor
Bangladeshi barge MV Mamatamoyee Maa sinks in Hooghly River : IWAI
KOLKATA : A portion of a Bangladesh-bound cargo vessel MV Mamatamoyee Maa carrying fly ash collided with another ship and has sunk in Hooghly river, an IWAI official said on Saturday. The incident took
4 more Ro-Ro services from Mumbai probably in next 18 months
MUMBAI : After the success of the Ro-Ro (roll on-roll off) service between Mumbai and Mandwa, four more services are expected to take off to Mora, Kashid, Dighi and Revas in the next 18
High Level Committee to draft revised Guidelines for Ro-Ro and Ro-Pax ferry services
NEW DELHI : MoPSW, under its Sagarmala Programme, has pushed a number of reforms and initiatives in the maritime industry to strengthen the country’s socio-economic and regulatory environment. One of the key initiatives of
National Waterways development to promote inland water transport
NEW DELHI : As informed by Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, National Waterways are developed to promote environment-friendly, cost-effective and location-specific alternate mode of Inland Water Transport (IWT) supplementary to existing Rail and