Inland & Coastal shipping Ltd(ICSL), SCI’s wholly owned subsidiary was incorporated in 2016 after Maritime India summit for undertaking/providing transport services through Inland waterways, coastal shipping and end to end logistics.
Inland & Coastal shipping Ltd(ICSL), SCI’s wholly owned subsidiary was incorporated in 2016 after Maritime India summit for undertaking/providing transport services through Inland waterways, coastal shipping and end to end logistics.
Inland waterways transport is not only an environment friendly and fuel-efficient mode of transport, but would also help reduce overall logistics costs, providing affordable transport solutions connecting country’s vast hinterland.
ICSL and IWAI (Inland Waterways Authority of India) signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding on 22nd Jan’21 for operations and management of three IWAI cargo vessels i.e. MV Rabindranath Tagore, MV Lal Bahadur Shastri and MV Homi Bhabha. MV Rabindranath Tagore & MV Lal Bahadur Shastri have been taken over by ICSL on 22nd Jan’21 and 26th Feb’21 respectively.
ICSL is in the process of establishing scheduled liner services in NW1 (Haldia/Kolkata to Varanasi). Subsequently, ICSL intends to connect Inland waterways with coastal shipping.
ICSL is headquartered at Shipping House, 13, Strand Road, Kolkata-700001.
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