Centre betting big on Brahmaputra as economic lifeline: Minister Sarbananda SonowalThe Indian government is developing the Brahmaputra river into a major economic corridor. This initiative focuses on transport, trade, and ...
20 May, 2026, 09.09 AM IST
Centre plans Guwahati Water Metro in Phase I of nationwide rollout: Union minister Sarbananda SonowalIndia is set to launch Water Metro services in 18 cities, with Guwahati leading Phase I. This initiative aims to transform waterways into e...
18 May, 2026, 11.07 PM IST
Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines, world’s second-largest ship owner by fleet size, eyes shipbuilding in India and investments in terminals & logisticsJapan's Mitsui OSK Lines plans to build ships in India. The company is also exploring opportunities for roll-on, roll-off terminals. MOL ai...
13 May, 2026, 10.12 AM IST
Centre plans 51 cruise circuits across 14 states, 3 UTs by 2027India's river cruise tourism is set for significant expansion with the Cruise Bharat Mission planning 51 new circuits by 2027. Viking Cruis...
21 Jul, 2025, 09.22 PM IST
Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates new inland waterways terminal at Jogighopa; 110 MT of coal, stone chips sent to BangladeshUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the Inland Waterways Terminal at Jogighopa, Assam, sending the first shipment to Bangladesh. ...
18 Feb, 2025, 07.03 PM IST
UltraTech Cement Limited becomes India's first cement company to use inland waterways for gypsum transportUltraTech Cement transported mineral gypsum via National Waterway 1. This is a first for an Indian cement company. The shipment traveled fr...
15 Dec, 2024, 06.43 PM IST
India embarks on Rs 45,000 crore inland waterway development planAn investment of Rs 45,000 crore for the development of river cruise tourism in the country has been promised by the Inland Waterways Devel...
08 Jan, 2024, 08.34 PM IST
Assam: Tourist-cum-cargo IWT Terminal worth Rs 46.6 crore to be developed at Bogibeel by February, 2024The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) terminal...
04 Jul, 2023, 08.02 PM IST
Efforts being made to develop waterways with private sector's help: IWAISpeaking at the 'Maritime Public Private Partnership Conclave 2022, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) Chairman Sanjay Bandopadhyay...
17 Aug, 2022, 05.52 PM IST
Development work on 13 of 26 national waterways for cargo, passenger movement begun, says CentreCentral government through Inland Waterways Authority of India (lWAl), an autonomous organisation under the ministry of ports, shipping and...
19 Jul, 2022, 05.12 PM IST
Contract for Haldia inland waterway terminal awarded, jetty to be operational soonThe waterway will provide an alternative to the Chicken Neck route for easy and cost effective movement of cargo to and from the Northeast ...
03 Jan, 2022, 01.27 PM IST
Contract for Haldia inland waterway terminal awarded, jetty to be operational soon: SonowalMajor oil PSUs , steel companies like Tata steel and SAIL, terminal operators, shipping lines, barge operators, custom clearing agents and ...
03 Jan, 2022, 11.54 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates first multi-modal terminal constructed on River GangaThe first consignment containing food and beverage had set sail from Kolkata in the last week of October.
12 Nov, 2018, 07.28 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate first multi-modal terminal on Ganga river in VaranasiThis is the first of the three such terminals and two inter-modal terminals being constructed on the river, according to an official releas...
09 Nov, 2018, 04.24 PM IST
PM to greet India's first container vessel on inland waterways in VaranasiIn a first for the country's inland water transport, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 12 will receive a container vessel in Varanas...
04 Nov, 2018, 04.02 PM IST
Pact inked for setting up logistics terminal at VaranasiIn three month will request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone after the completion of land acquisition process at the si...
19 Mar, 2015, 07.57 PM IST
- Inland Waterways invites corporates to boost cargo movement
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), a government body engaged in waterways development, has invited corporates to help increase...
29 Mar, 2009, 12.42 PM IST