Trial run of container ship from Bengal to NE via Chittagong port flagged off

GUWAHATI: Union Minister for Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya has virtually flagged off the trial movement of container ships from Kolkata Port to Agartala and Assam in Northeast India via Chittagong port in Bangladesh.
With this the pre-Independence water route has been revived between Northeast India with the Indian Peninsula through Chittagong Port.
“Historical day in maritime relations of India and Bangladesh. North Eastern Region of India is now connected by sea-ports of Bangladesh! Digitally flagged off the first trial movement of container ship from Kolkata Port to Agartala & Assam via Chattogram Port of Bangladesh,” the minister tweeted on Thursday, July 16.