Overview
- The vessel DLB Patkai left Bogibeel on Monday, Oct. 5, carrying 540 tonnes of methanol in 27 ISO tanks for Pangaon/Narayanganj in Bangladesh.
- The barge is being pushed by the tug Kushal Konwar and will travel down National Waterway‑2 on the Brahmaputra before using the Indo‑Bangladesh Protocol Route to reach Dhaka.
- Officials said the movement was made possible by the operational Bogibeel terminal, recently opened customs and immigration complexes at Bogibeel and Dhubri, and government waterway investments.
- State and central ministers argue the river route can cut logistics costs and emissions by replacing many road tanker trips, with one voyage equating to roughly 18 land tanker runs.
- A second vessel is expected to sail within days and officials view these shipments as a test of scaling APCL methanol exports and of reviving Dibrugarh’s river trade after decades of inactivity.