OPR SEAWAYS opens India’s first water line to Bangaldesh

OM Logistics, Phonex Group, and Roadwings International have joined hands for a tri-party venture, ‘OPR Seaways,’ to provide Inland Water Transport services to Bangladesh. The first sailing was conducted on 5 May 2022, with 74 TEUs loaded and sailed out on barge ‘MV Ashrafi 2’ owned by M/s Abul Hassan & Brothers, Kolkata. This move has opened trade opportunities between India and Bangladesh—less transit time and overall profitability. OPR Seaways aims to provide reliable container transportation services to Bangladesh via barges through consolidated logistics. Om Logistics has recently acquired Transafe, which has an inventory of 15,000 containers, ready for the movement. It also focused on providing logistics to the exporters where containers can be ferried from across India to Bangladesh in an economical manner.