Vivada Inland Waterways

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Vivada Inland Waterways
Founded1966

Vivada Inland Waterways Limited is the largest inland waterways company in India. [citation needed] It was established in 1966 as Bunkerers to oceangoing vessels, Vivada offers a wide variety of Waterways services. [citation needed] Vivada has a fleet of 12 Vessels of various types and capacities ranging from 75mt to 2,200mt. [citation needed]

Offered services[edit]

  • Transportation of Bulk POL and Dry Cargo in National Waterways, including the longest route of Kolkata to Assam through the waterways of Bangladesh.
  • Providing Bunker services to vessels calling at Port of Kolkata and Haldia.
  • Providing Logistic solutions for Mega Projects for carriage of Over Dimensional Cargo (cargo that extends beyond the loading deck of the vehicle transporting the cargo) logistics.
  • Operating Floating Retail Diesel Outlets
  • Operating Vehicular Ferry services
  • Operating River Cruising with facilities for conferences, parties and receptions.

Ecotourism[edit]

Vivada entered into tourism by launching first ever ecotourism project to Sunderbans by launching cruiser vessel M.V. Paramhamsa with state-of-the-art facilities. [citation needed] This will promote tourism to the Sunderbans throughout the year and will promote the culture and local artisans in the process, giving them a much needed boost. [citation needed]

Vivada's luxury day cruiser, M.V. Ahalya, which cruises on the Ganges, has for the last several years, proved to be the most popular cruise vessel for short cruises. [citation needed]

Vivada also offers services such as water taxis, encouraging people to take a riverine route. [citation needed]

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