Indian Minister of Shipping has called upon all automobile manufactures to use coastal shipping mode for transporting their vehicles.
Shri Nitin Gadkari, the country’s Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, informed that, besides saving time, coastal transport will also be more cost effective and environment friendly.
The announcement was made on October 28, when the Minister digitally flagged off a vessel MV IDM DOODLE carrying a consignment of 185 trucks from Chennai Port to Mongla port in Bangladesh.
