The arrival of the electric ferry shall transform the inland water transport system in National Waterway- 1 (NW-1), which is being developed from Haldia to Varanasi under the Ministry of Shipping,” reads a GRSE statement.
The Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd, a Mini Ratna Category 1 Defence PSU and a leading warship building company in India, signed a contract with the Government of West Bengal for the design and construction of the next-generation electric ferry that will pave the way for reducing carbon emission in the water transport sector in the state.
The Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd, a Mini Ratna Category 1 Defence PSU and a leading warship building company in India, signed a contract with the Government of West Bengal for the design and construction of the next-generation electric ferry that will pave the way for reducing carbon emission in the water transport sector in the state.
GRSE (Shipbuilding) director Cdr Shantanu Bose and Special Secretary, state Transport Department, Anindya Sengupta signed the agreement in the presence of senior officials of GRSE and the state government, taking a revolutionary step toward reducing the carbon emissions in the water transport sector.
“This ‘Green’ vessel has the potential to replace the conventional diesel engine driven ferries operated in the Hooghly river. The arrival of the electric ferry shall transform the inland water transport system in National Waterway- 1 (NW-1), which is being developed from Haldia to Varanasi under the Ministry of Shipping,” reads a GRSE statement.
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