MUMBAI: Come May, Mumbaikars short of to take their car to Alibaug received’t have to fret about using for three hours. A roll-on-roll-off ship—popularly referred to as RoRo—which will accommodate automobiles and private buses, could be launched between the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) and Mandwa/Dighi via April-end or early May.
The Ro-Ro will have area for 10 buses, 40 automobiles and 250 passengers and cut back the journey to an hour. “We are floating tenders in a day or two,” said MbPT chairman Sanjay Bhatia.
Sources said the charges would be finalised only through the tendering process, and are anticipated to be round Rs 300-400 for a car, Rs 700-800 for a bus and Rs 200-300 for an individual passenger.
Later, RoRo to be prolonged to Nerul
The provider will likely be a boon to those travelling to Mandwa, Alibaug and seashores like Murud-Janjira, Velas, Shreewardhan which are close to the Dighi port.
The provider will likely be operated between the newly built Ro-Ro terminal at MbPT and Mandwa/Dighi. “Eventually, products and services will likely be prolonged to Nerul and the upcoming Navi Mumbai airport between Panvel and Belapur as and when the jetties get ready,” Bhatia said.
“The MbPT, Maharashtra Maritime Board, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and City and Industrial Development Corporation will jointly procure a Rs40 crore Ro-Ro ship via dispensing Rs 10 crore each and every,” Bhatia said. An earlier bid, which have been floated to get passenger and Ro-Ro shipping firms to run an identical products and services, has been caught up in a criminal batt
le for the remaining 8 months.
Bhatia said that for 2019-20 round 300 arrivals have been confirmed via home and world cruiseliners—a 100% jump over the current cruising season. “Mostly, the gentle will likely be floated on Thursday. The tendering process will have to be executed via the primary week of April. By finish of April or early May, the ship will have to run products and services,” said Bhatia.
Passengers said that it takes as much as three hours to succeed in Alibaug and greater than 4 hours to succeed in the Dighi port in Raigad. The Ro-Ro provider will cut back the distances to an hour and two hours respectively. Officials said the transfer will lower air pollution via saving gas and expense on gas for passengers the use of their non-public cars. Besides, bus fare to the Konkan may go down as soon as this provider starts.
The Ro-Ro will have area for 10 buses, 40 automobiles and 250 passengers and cut back the journey to an hour. “We are floating tenders in a day or two,” said MbPT chairman Sanjay Bhatia.
Sources said the charges would be finalised only through the tendering process, and are anticipated to be round Rs 300-400 for a car, Rs 700-800 for a bus and Rs 200-300 for an individual passenger.
Later, RoRo to be prolonged to Nerul
The provider will likely be a boon to those travelling to Mandwa, Alibaug and seashores like Murud-Janjira, Velas, Shreewardhan which are close to the Dighi port.
The provider will likely be operated between the newly built Ro-Ro terminal at MbPT and Mandwa/Dighi. “Eventually, products and services will likely be prolonged to Nerul and the upcoming Navi Mumbai airport between Panvel and Belapur as and when the jetties get ready,” Bhatia said.
“The MbPT, Maharashtra Maritime Board, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and City and Industrial Development Corporation will jointly procure a Rs40 crore Ro-Ro ship via dispensing Rs 10 crore each and every,” Bhatia said. An earlier bid, which have been floated to get passenger and Ro-Ro shipping firms to run an identical products and services, has been caught up in a criminal batt
le for the remaining 8 months.
Bhatia said that for 2019-20 round 300 arrivals have been confirmed via home and world cruiseliners—a 100% jump over the current cruising season. “Mostly, the gentle will likely be floated on Thursday. The tendering process will have to be executed via the primary week of April. By finish of April or early May, the ship will have to run products and services,” said Bhatia.
Passengers said that it takes as much as three hours to succeed in Alibaug and greater than 4 hours to succeed in the Dighi port in Raigad. The Ro-Ro provider will cut back the distances to an hour and two hours respectively. Officials said the transfer will lower air pollution via saving gas and expense on gas for passengers the use of their non-public cars. Besides, bus fare to the Konkan may go down as soon as this provider starts.
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