 "File Photo: Workers stand at the sea port of the coastal town of Kismayu in southern Somalia")
The ministry of ports, shipping, and waterways (MoPSW) has formed a high-level committee to rework the guidelines for operationalising Ro-Ro (roll-on roll-off) and Ro-Pax (passenger) ferry services along the country’s coast.
This comes after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a push for the sector in the 2023-24 Budget.
“Coastal shipping will be promoted as the energy-efficient and lower-cost mode of transport, both for passengers and freight, through the PPP (public-private partnership) mode with viability gap funding (VGF),” she had said.
MoPSW had released draft guidelines for these ferry services in June 2022, but could not finalise them due to revisions requested by stakeholders.
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