News / India's forwarders eye more use of barges to reduce logistics costs

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India’s government and logistics operators are looking to barges to bring down the cost and improve the routing of domestic cargo.

Promoting the use of barges was welcomed by the Federation of Freight Forwarders Association in India’s Debashis Dutta.

“Inland waterways offer the cheapest form of internal transport, and government is motivating companies to use this over road and rail,” Mr Dutta told The Loadstar on the sidelines of this week’s FIATA World Congress in Delhi.

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