HHLA to assist India on inland waterways

India’s Inland Waterway Authority has contracted HHLA subsidiaries Uniconsult Universal Transport Consulting and HPC Hamburg Port Consulting to help towards increasing inland waterway traffic in the country.

The aim is to use waterways to take the strain off road and rail infrastructure in some parts of India.

Hartmut Beyer, managing director of Uniconsult, said: “Compared to other countries, India has previously made little use of the opportunities offered by inland shipping.”