First on River Brahmaputra (NW2): IWAI executes Historic 3275 MT ODC for NRL expansion
IWAI) transported heaviest ODCs meant for Numaligarh Refinery’s expansion project. The cumulative weight of the three ODCs is more than 3275 MT. The heaviest of the three is at 1286 MT, making it the single largest ODC ever to be transported via Brahmaputra.
The other two ODCs are weighed at 1248 MT and 741.12 MT. All the three ODCs set sail together from Diamond Harbour in Kolkata to NRL jetty through Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBPR), and then on to National Waterways 2 (Brahmaputra) and National Waterways 31 (Dhansiri). IWAI is transporting as many as 24 ODCs for NRL expansion project as per an MoU signed in 2021, in the presence of Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal.
Sonowal said, “It is a watershed moment for the inland waterways transportation of India as its efficiency and efficacy as an alternative mode is now successfully established. Buoyed by the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has been emphasizing on bringing in transformative solutions to multiple issues associated with on road transportation. The successful transit of heavy ODCs going upstream from Kolkata to Numaligarh is a manifestation of the immense possibilities that Inland waterways possess for India, and especially for Assam and the Northeast.
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