Dibrugarh Sends First International Cargo from Bogibeel to Bangladesh Since Independence

The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways flagged off the first international cargo shipment from Bogibeel Terminal in Dibrugarh, Assam, to Dhaka, Bangladesh, since India's independence. A barge carrying 540 metric tons of methanol produced by Assam Petro-Chemicals Ltd. set off for Pangaon Port in Dhaka via National Waterway-2 on the Brahmaputra River and the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route. This voyage tests the Brahmaputra River as a commercial freight corridor linking India's Northeast to overseas markets, facilitated by newly established customs and immigration complexes at Bogibeel and Dhubri.