Despite an extensive inland waterways network of about 20,000 km, the potential of this relatively cheap and green mode of transport is yet to be fully exploited. The total cargo transported by inland waterways is […]
The past few years have been challenging for the port sector in the country. […]
India’s extensive inland waterways network of 28,511 km, spread across 14 states, remains remarkably underutilised. Inland waterways carry less than 1 per cent of the country’s total inland traffic. From 2010-11 to 2014-15, the total […]
The Indian shipping industry continued to face challenging times in the past one year. Shipping companies and shipyards witnessed a fall in freight rates, decline in revenues and fewer shipbuilding orders. On the positive side, […]
The inland waterways segment has received a major impetus with the passage of the National Waterways Bill, 2015, which aims to develop 106 new national waterways (NWs). […]
Intelligent use of inland water transport (IWT) can go a long way in reducing India’s logistics costs from the existing 14-15 per cent of gross domestic product to 9-10 per cent. Various projects are therefore […]
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