First international cargo voyage from Dibrugarh sails to Bangladesh with Assam Petro-Chemicals methanol
5 October 2026
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the first international cargo voyage from Dibrugarh on 5 October 2026. The consignment is methanol produced by Assam Petro-Chemicals Limited. The vessel sails from the Bogibeel Terminal at Dibrugarh to Pangaon Port in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The route runs along National Waterway-2, the river Brahmaputra, and then along the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route. According to the Press Information Bureau, this is the first time since Independence that a cargo consignment sails from Dibrugarh to a foreign port.
In plain words
IBPR Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route — An agreed set of river routes on which Indian and Bangladeshi vessels may carry cargo through each other's waters.
PIB Press Information Bureau — The Government of India's official agency for issuing press releases.