A ship carrying 16 containers in India will travel from Kolkata to Varanasi on the river Ganga, marking the country's first inland container movement on the newly converted National Waterway-1 (NW-1). The Inland Waterways Authority of India will transport containers belonging to PepsiCo on vessel MV RN Tagore within Tuesday before making a return journey carrying fertilisers. India is developing NW-1 as part of the Jal Marg Vikas Project, at an estimated cost of INR53.7bn ($730m) with the help of the World Bank.
A ship carrying 16 containers in India will travel from Kolkata to Varanasi on the river Ganga, marking the country's first inland container movement on the newly converted National Waterway-1 (NW-1). The Inland Waterways Authority of India will transport containers belonging to PepsiCo on vessel MV RN Tagore within 9-10 days before making a return journey carrying fertilisers. India is developing NW-1 as part of the Jal Marg Vikas Project, at an estimated cost of INR53.7bn ($730m) with the help of the World Bank.