RORO ferry services in India include the following, many others are under implementation or planning phases.
List
editAssam
edit- Majuli island in Brahmaputra River: 2 vessels operate on National Waterway 2 (NW2) by Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAR) with capacity of 200 passenger, 4 cars and 2 trucks.[1]
- Pandu Port (Guwahati) across Brahmaputra River: 1 vessel operates on NW2 by IWAR with capacity of 200 passenger, 4 cars and 2 trucks.[1]
- Dhubri Port across Brahmaputra River: 1 vessel operates on NW2 by IWAR with capacity of 200 passenger, 4 cars and 2 trucks.[1]
- Karimganj - Bangladesh over Barak River:[2]
Gujarat
edit- Dahej and Hazira in Gulf of Khambhat: Discontinued in early 2020.[3] Restarted for passengers only in March 2021.
- DG Sea Connect: Ghogha (Bhavnagar district in Saurashtra) to Hazira (Surat district: The all-weather Ropax ferry, which can carry 550 passengers, 30 trucks, 7 smaller trucks, and 100 two-wheelers, reduces the 370-km road distance which takes 12 hours to 60-km sea route which takes 4 hours.[3]
Goa
editWas in the implementation phase in 2017.[4]
India-Bangladesh
edit- Karimganj - Bangladesh over Barak River .[2]
Kerala
editMaharashtra
edit- Ferry Wharf (Mumbai) - Mandwa (Alibag in Raigad district).
Operated since 2018 which cuts Ferry Wharf-Mandwa and Ferry Wharf-Mandwa-Goa travel time by 3 hours. Ferry Wharf to Alibag travel by road takes 4 hours, which is en route to Goa. Ferry from Ferry Wharf to Mandwa Jetty will take 30 minutes, and from Mandwa Jetty it takes further 45 to drive to Alibag from where travelers can drive to Goa.[4]
- Nerul (Navi Mumbai): It was in the implementation phase in 2017.[4]
West Bengal
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Inland Waterways Authority of India to provide Assam four new state-of-the-art Ro-Pax vessels, Economic Times, Jul 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c d PM to launch Ghogha-Hazira ferry service in Gujarat, constructionweekonline.in, 8 Nov 2020.
- ^ a b Gujarat: PM to launch Ghogha-Hazira 'Ropax' ferry service on 8 Nov, Times of India, 1 Nov 2020.
- ^ a b c Ro-Ro ferry to cut Mumbai-Goa travel time by three hours from 2018, Asian Age, 29 Apr 2017.