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Haldia Jetty will be soon operational: Minister

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, JAN 03, 2022: UNION Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal, today announced that the contract has been awarded for Haldia inland waterway terminal, and the jetty will be soon operational for sending exim and inland cargo to Pandu terminal in Guwahati connecting the northeast with kolkata via National waterway 2. This will provide an alternate to chicken neck route for easy and cost effective movement of cargo to and from northeast to the foreign countries and other states of India.

The Minister interacted with various stakeholders of port and shipping industry of Kolkata and Haldia port. Major oil PSUs, steel companies like Tata steel and SAIL, terminal operators, shipping lines, barge operators, Custom clearing agents and land users of Syama prasad Mookerjee Port participated in the meeting. The minister invited all of them to be a partner in this unique opportunity of using sea and river route combination (NW1 and NW2) via Kolkata port.

Sonowal also informed that depth assurance contract have been awarded to maintain NW1 and 2, and the barge operators shall soon start using these waterways as depths are assured. The minister also said that there is thinking to provide guarantee to banks to give easy and soft funds for barges so that this sector can take off. The stakeholders assured that they will come forward to utilise this opportunity to make this mission a success. More then 40 key players participated in the stakeholders conference.


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