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 the World Bank 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 National.
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.