Sonowal to flag off first international cargo voyage from Dibrugarh to Dhaka via National Waterway-2
On 4 October 2026, MoPSW announced that Sarbananda Sonowal will flag off on 5 October the first post-Independence international cargo sail from Bogibeel (Dibrugarh) to Pangaon Port, Dhaka, carrying methanol on NW-2.
Summary
Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will flag off the first international cargo voyage from Dibrugarh on 5 October 2026 at Bogibeel Terminal, the Ministry announced on 4 October. The maiden voyage will carry methanol produced by Assam Petro-Chemicals Limited from Bogibeel to Pangaon Port in Dhaka, Bangladesh, via National Waterway-2 (Brahmaputra) and the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route. PIB said it will be the first cargo consignment to sail from Dibrugarh to a foreign port since Independence.
Key facts
- Flag-off
- 5 October 2026, 11:00 AM, Bogibeel Terminal, Dibrugarh
- Cargo
- Methanol (Assam Petro-Chemicals Limited)
- Route
- Bogibeel to Pangaon Port, Dhaka via NW-2 and IBPR
- Minister
- Sarbananda Sonowal (MoPSW)
- Significance
- First international cargo from Dibrugarh since Independence
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The first international cargo voyage announced from Dibrugarh in October 2026 will sail to which foreign port?
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Correct answer: C — Pangaon Port, Dhaka
Which National Waterway will the Bogibeel–Dhaka methanol cargo voyage use?
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Correct answer: D — National Waterway-2 (Brahmaputra)