The Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways achieved a landmark when the MV Ram Prasad Bismil became the longest vessel ever to sail on the river Brahmaputra.
The 90 meters long, 26 meters wide, loaded with a draft of 2.1 meters. With this, it completed the aspiring pilot run of heavy cargo movement from Haldia Dock in Kolkata after it anchored at Pandu port here in Guwahati. The vessel along with two barges – DB Kalpana Chawla and DB APJ Abdul Kalam – were flagged off from the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Haldia by the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (PSW) Sarbananda Sonowal flagged them off on February 16, 2022. The significance of this pilot run lays down the path for commencement of barging operations from Kolkata to Guwahati via Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBRP).
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