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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

Inland Water Transport sector overview


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

Majority of traffic on Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra waterways & NW-1


Other waterways to also drive growth

30.4

0.0

22.5

1.3

1.0

0.5

5.1

0.0

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

Five year vision


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

Sector strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & challenges


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

Technology to boost overall sector’s performance


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



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


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)

DGPS NETWORK

Innovative technological interventions in IWT sector


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

.



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

Technology adoption hydrography


• 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

Transformation - hydrographic surveys in last three decades


Sextant Multibeam

Single Beam Chart Multi Beam Chart

Hydrographic operations

Setting up of Water Aerodromes for regional connectivities


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

FUTURE PLANS


SIDE FLOATER BARGES SHYDROMASTER SELF PROPELLED PONTOONS

(PILOT PROJECT WITH CICMT,IIT KHARAGPUR)

Way Foward


2 Way Forward

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Playing to inherent strength will enable growth of traffic on NWs


• 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

Way Forward


• 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

Relaxed financing terms – Needed to attract investments


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.

1 2 3 4

Enhancing Private Sector Participation


• 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)

Capacity building in IWT sector


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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