An office has been opened in Bhubaneswar for the development of National Waterway No 5, in March, 2015 which will coordinate with all the stakeholders, including the State Government.
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Pushing for growth
The potential is enormous when you look from a macro perspective. In India only about 20 per cent of organisations look at warehousing services from a supply chain point of view, whereas globally the average is over 60 per cent.
Paradip, Dhamra to jointly develop part of NW-5
Paradip and Dhamra ports plan to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the Jokadia-to-Paradip and Dhamra stretch of the Kharsua River for inland trade. The 201 km stretch is part of the National Waterway (NW)-5.
Odisha inland waterway to be ready in three years
The proposed inland waterway linking Kalinganagar industrial area, and eventually Talcher, to Paradip and Dhamra ports is to be ready in three years. The state government signing an MoU with the Inland Waterway Authority of India (IWAI) and the two ports in the state capital.
IWAI, ministry implement water transport projects
Union shipping ministry and the Indian Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) are implementing certain projects with the specific objective of transportation of cargo by Inland Water Transport (IWT) mode. This information was given by union shipping Minister GK Vasan. One such project is the transportation of 3 million tonne of coal every year for 7 years from Haldia (Sandheads) to NTPCÂ’s Power Plant at Farakka through Nati
Coal transloading project set to be completed
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has reportedly completed most part of the transloading project for ferrying coal from Haldia port to Farakka thermal power plant of NTPC. IWAI is a facilitator of the coal transportation project and will play a key role in ensuring navigability. The c
SPS Shipping eyes coal ferrying contract
SPS Shipping is taking efforts to secure the contract to transport coal through inland waterways for NTPCÂ’s Barh-II thermal power plant project in Patna. The company is holding discussion with the public sector power major in this regard transport 3 million tonne of coal from Sandheads (mouth of the Hooghly river) alon
IWAI mulls 2 more jetties in Assam
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) plans to construct two additional jetties on Brahmaputra River at Dhubri and Hatsingimari, in Assam at a cost of atleast Rs 70 crore. The authority may ask Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to construct the jetties. However, it is not known whether proper technical feasibility report and
Paradip Port gets new chairman
Paradip Port Trust, which has not had a regular Chairman since then Chairman GJ Rao left in April, has got a new boss. SS Mishra, who was Member (Traffic) of the Inland Waterways Authority of India, has taken over as the Chairman of the port. An officer of the 1986 batch of the Indian Railway Traffic Servi
Govt sets up panel for inland waterways sector
Government has set up a committee to identify new areas for private investment, both in infrastructure and in transportation for the Inland Waterways (IW) sector.

