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Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
Modernisation & digitisation of Ports, terminals & logistics
Our perspective
Inland Waterways Authority of India
Ministry of Shipping, Government of India
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Inland Water Transport sector overview
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
Gujarat
Waterways
(NW-73, 100)
NW -2NW -1
NW -3
Goa
Waterways
(NW-68, 111)
Maharashtra
Waterways
(NW-10,83,85,91)
NW -4
IBP
NW -16
NW-97
NW-44
NW -94
111 National Waterways with total length of
20,236 km comprising of rivers, backwaters, creeks &
canals
16 operational waterways in India.
22 more expected to be operational
by 2030
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Majority of traffic on Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra waterways & NW-1
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
Other waterways to also drive growth
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22.5
1.3
1.0
0.5
5.1
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72.3
31.0
24.4
2.9
0.7
0.4
6.9
3.8
Total
Gujarat waterways
Maharashtra…
Goa waterways
NW-3
NW-2
NW-1
New NWs
Traffic on Operational Waterways
FY20 FY15
1.4 times
increase
since 2015
Expected growth by
2025
120 MTPA
New NWs to
play significant
role in overall
growth
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Five year vision
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
Initiatives to achieve vision
• Increase modal share of IWT from current 2% to 2.5%
• Develop 5000 kms of IWT routes across states (India@75 as per NITI Aayog)
• Enhance regional connectivity with North East India & neighboring countries (Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan &
Myanmar) through Eastern Waterway Connectivity – Transport Grid
• Integrate IWT with Coastal Shipping
Vision: Develop a self-sustainable, economical, safe & environment friendly supplementary mode of
transport for the overall economic growth of the country
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Sector strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & challenges
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
Strength:
1. Environment friendly & supplementary mode
2. Natural route with min. investment requirements
3. Minimum land acquisition
4. Over 5000 km of navigable waterways
5. Socio-economic benefits
Weakness:
1. Technical challenges
2. Coordination b/w Central, State & Private
3. Inadequate technical expertise & manpower
4. Absence of strong legal & regulatory framework
5. Integration with overall logistics flow
Opportunities:
1. Coastal connectivity
2. Inter-regional connectivity
3. Capacity constraints in roads and railways
4. Private sector showing interest
Threats:
1. Development of road and rail network in river vicinity
2. Religious sentiments for rivers
3. Social challenges
4. Lack of adequate financing options
SWOT
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Technology to boost overall sector’s performance
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
Portal for Asset and Navigational Information (PANI)
(River Navigation System) Salient features:
• Easy mobile & web based access
for viewing, uploading and
dissemination of information
• The Voyage Planner module will
assist stakeholders in identifying the
key assets, navigational information
and project LAD
• Map based visualisation of
information which is easy to access
and manage
• Facility of bulk data upload adding
convenience to IWAI
To be implemented by FY21
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Technology to boost overall sector’s performance
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
CarD (Cargo Data)
(portal for Collection & compilation, Analysis and
Dissemination of all the Cargo and Cruise movement data)
Salient features:
• Year wise comparison of traffic of all
NWs.
• Month wise comparison of traffic.
• Jetty wise traffic.
• Top OD pairs with maximum traffic.
• Major Commodity Share.
• Month wise cruise Km on NW
• Shipper wise commodity share.
• Operator wise commodity share.
• Year wise comparison of traffic KM.
• Month wise cruise passenger traffic
on NWTo be implemented by FY21
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Other Digital initiatives
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
RIS Photograph LADIS Pic FOCAL Pic
Forum of Cargo-Owners and Logistics-
Operators (FOCAL)
Aggregator of vessel operators, logistics
intermediaries and cargo owners
Least Available Depth Information System
(LADIS)
Ensure real-time data on LAD is
disseminated for shippers and cargo owners
River Information System (RIS)
Real time vessel tracking and routing by
capturing data points like water depth,
bends, river width etc.
• Phase 1: 6th January 2016
• Phase 2: 15th March 2018
• Phase 3: August 2020 (expected)
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DGPS NETWORK
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Innovative technological interventions in IWT sector
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
Green Terminal Buildings
New Terminals are being built based on
GRIHA compliance
Use of bottom panelling technique for
river training
Submerged screens placed in the flowing
stream to obstruct the flow in secondary
channel
Innovative Vessel Designs
Low draft IWT vessel designs with high
efficiency
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Technology to boost overall sector’s performance
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
Sailing Permission portal for IBP route
• Initiative for digitalising the procedure of
providing permissions, agent & vessel
registration on the IBP route
• The portal to potentially reduce physical
interactions with emails & SMS
• It is expected to be launched by 30-Jun-
2020
• Possibility of extending the same for
tracking Domestic voyages in the future
Vessel and Crew Registration (JalVahan)
• The system to as a central repository for
all vessel and crew details
• Provide details to requestors in real time
• The system is a crew and vessel
registration portal which will aggregate
registration data from all states and UT
Freight Management System (FMS)
• FMS will enables terminal operators,
vessel operators, cargo owners and
IWAI in managing the cargo movement
on National Waterways
• It will be integrated with PCS and will
allow seamless collection of data at
source and generating insights from the
same
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Technology adoption hydrography
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
• Bathymetric Survey using Digital Echo Sounder and Global
Positioning System
• Topographic Surveys using DGPS, Total Station and Auto
levels
• Bottom Scanning using Side Scan Sonar
• Current Meter observation
• Water Sampling and Bottom Sampling
• Produce Charts for Navigation and Morphological changes in
Waterways
• Issue of fortnightly River Notice for safe navigation
• Shoal analysis reports for river training works
Multibeam Transducer fitted on vessel S.L. Ghaghra
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Transformation - hydrographic surveys in last three decades
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
Sextant Multibeam
Single Beam Chart Multi Beam Chart
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Hydrographic operations
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Setting up of Water Aerodromes for regional connectivities
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
Locations:
a)Shatrunjay Dam - Gujarat
b) Sardar Sarovar Dam – Statue of Unity - Gujarat
c) Sabarmati River Front- Gujarat
d) Guwahati River Front – Assam
e) Umrangso Reservoir –Assam
The total estimated cost comes to Rs. 11.84 Crores. and
funds for the same will be allocated from RCS (Regional
Connectivity Scheme) popularly known as UDAN
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FUTURE PLANS
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
SIDE FLOATER BARGES SHYDROMASTER SELF PROPELLED PONTOONS
(PILOT PROJECT WITH CICMT,IIT KHARAGPUR)
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Way Foward
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2 Way Forward
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Playing to inherent strength will enable growth of traffic on NWs
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
• Low operational cost
• Port connectivity/ In-shore
corridor – potential to reduce
handling/ congestion through
transhipment
• Land availability along NWs –
potential to develop cargo
centersMultimodal
connectivity
Digital Integration
Higher capacity
crane pontoons
Faster customs
clearance on IBP
Capacity buildingMechanised
equipment
Terminal
development
Shallow draft
vessels
Following areas are being strengthened for boosting the overall
ecosystem of IWT sector
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Way Forward
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
• Digitized integrated platform for dissemination of information
• Revalidation of DPRs which are more than 10 years old
• Revival / operationalization of obsolete jetties to attract private sector participation
• Short Distance water transport corridors to be identified
• Smaller floating jetties to be monetized through manning contracts
• Integration with coast line to take benefit from Port led developments
• Commodity enhancement – Coal, Food grain, LPG
• Policy being framed on providing NOC to private jetties
• Moratorium on levy & collection of waterway usage charges for initial period of 3 years l
2 Way Forward
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Relaxed financing terms – Needed to attract investments
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
In absence of long-term financing options from lenders, attracting private investment in vessels is challenging as
RoI is expected to be over long period
Proposed Vessel Financing tools
Extension of benefits under
Tonnage Tax Scheme to Inland
Vessels
Riverine development fund Ship building & financial
assistance policy
SPV for vessels
• Tax benefit under section 33 of IT
Act allowed India Public company
to deduct amount up to 100%
from P&L account and utilize it for
ship acquisition within 8 years
• Currently applicable to ships
registered under Merchant
Shipping Act, 1958
• To be extended to ships
registered under Inland Vessels
Act, 1917
• Ship acquisition: Globally - foreign
currency bonds. India - through
banks
• Foreign vessels avail a loan for
15 years, while Indian vessel
owners get loan for 6-8 years
• To provide longer tenure funds at
a lower cost of borrowing, a
specialized development fund
may be explored
• To promote building of a greater
number of barges, a separate
shipbuilding financial assistance
policy may be explored
• Such policy can be exclusively for
new build barges/ IV vessels
proposed to be deployed in the
NWs for movement of cargoes
and passengers
• The key challenge in ship
financing is drop-in valuations. In
case the ship doesn’t get
business, its value immediately
collapses and banks take the hit.
• To protect the banks, the ships
can be owned by a Special
Purpose Vehicle that can be
leased across the globe.
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Enhancing Private Sector Participation
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
• O&M of jetties and allied infrastructure through private operators
o GR Jetty I,II & BISN jetty handed over for O&M to M/s Summit Alliance Port East
Gateway (India) Pvt. Ltd. on 30 Oct 2018 (38.3% revenue share)
o EOT of Varanasi MMT - Varanasi SFC appraisal held on 23 April 2020. SFC appraised
the project
o OMDA of Sahibganj MMT - 3 applications received against RFQ and was substantially
unresponsive. Retender after PPPAC
o In pipeline – 4 Terminals and 1 Slipway
Haldia terminal, Pandu terminal, Dhubri terminal, Gaighat terminal & Slipway at
Pandu
• 5 cargo vessels chartered to M/s Adani (Bareboat)
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Capacity building in IWT sector
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National Inland Navigation Institute (NINI) at Patna to be developed as “Centre of Excellence”
for IWT sector.
E-learning modules being developed
Potential job creation in IWT sector: More than 1.5 lakh
• Fairway development
• Terminal operations & management
• Vessel operations & management
• Ship building & Ship repair
• Consultancies & contractors
• Safety & security
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