News / Maersk set to launch Bangladesh-India inland services after successful trials

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Pilot runs on four inland waterways, intended to establish the feasibility of using Bangladesh ports as a transit point to and from landlocked East India have been successful.

Maersk has no definite timeline for the start of services, but said the company was in discussions with potential customers.

Kolkata Port (SMPK) led the project ,under the purview of a “government-to-government inland water transit and trade protocol”, which included partnership arrangements with Maersk Line (India) and Gurugram-based CJ Darcl Logistics.

Of the four trials, ...