Cargo ferry via National Waterway to resume service
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Barge with containers to resume service this month
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The barge that was previously used for transporting containers on the Kottayam-Kochi inland waterway route.
| Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT
Barge with containers to resume service this month
The transportation of containers through the Kottayam-Kochi National Waterway (NW) corridor will resume in a fortnight after a two-year lull, decongesting roads and at the same time ushering in an economical, eco-friendly and energy-efficient mode to ferry cargo.
A 240-tonne barge capable of carrying up to twenty 20-feet containers had conducted four trips in the corridor, which is part of NW IX and NW III, in March 2019, carrying export / import cargo. The transit time along the 85-km waterway is around seven hours.