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{{Infobox port<br />
| name = Haldia Multi-Modal Terminal <br />
| type = River Port<br />
| country = {{IND}}<br />
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| image_caption= Areal view of Haldia Terminal <br />
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| employees = <br />
| leadershiptitle = General Manager <br />
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| operated = [[Inland Waterways Authority of India]]<br />
| owner = [[Inland Waterways Authority of India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|21.20|N|88.00|E}}<br />
| location = [[Haldia]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
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'''The Haldia Multi-Modal Terminal''' is a barge set up in Port City Haldia in East Midnapore district of West Bengal and a small barrier set for small ships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1573650|title=Haldia Multi Modal Terminal to come up by end of 2019, said IWAI Chairman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/cabinet-approves-jal-marg-vikas-project-for-enhanced-navigation-on-the-haldia-varanasi-stretch-of-national-waterway-1-118010400173_1.html|title=Cabinet approves Jal Marg Vikas Project for enhanced navigation on the Haldia-Varanasi stretch of National Waterway-1}}</ref> The terminal is built near the [[Haldia Port]]. The terminal will be built as a river port with 61 acres of land. The terminal is built internal waterways Authority of India in by help of West Bengal and the Calcutta Port Trust.<br />
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==Background==<br />
Due to the shortage of pontoon transport through the waterway, the government of India has decided to transport the commodity to the waterways as compared to the road and railways. For this, the government announced that the goods will be transported from [[Haldia]] to [[Allahabad]] by sea. For this, the government began to build uplines for small ships or barges in the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly]] and [[Ganges]] rivers. It is said from the government that the terminals will be constructed in Haldia Sahebganj and [[Varanasi]] for shipping the goods through the waterway. To this end, construction of multi-modal terminals in Haldia began.<br />
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== Transport of product==<br />
The proposed Haldia multipurpose terminal in West Bengal will become a major hub for the transportation of goods in West Bengal and north-east India. The terminal has the promise and potential of 5.92 MMPPA <ref>{{cite news|title= Cargo Commitments for Multimodal Terminal at Haldia|url=https://www.marinelink.com/news/commitments-multimodal417525}}</ref> freight traffic by 2018.The main products that will be transported through this terminal include fly ash, banaspati oil, cement etc.<ref>{{cite news|title= হলদিয়ায় নতুন পরিবহণ টার্মিনাল গড়ে তোলার উদ্যোগ : অর্থনৈতিক কর্মপ্রচেষ্টা বৃদ্ধির পাশাপাশি কর্মসংস্থানের সুযোগ-সুবিধা প্রসারের বিশেষ সম্ভাবনা|url= http://www.khabarindiaonline.com/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A3-%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D/|access-date= 23 August 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170823211205/http://www.khabarindiaonline.com/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A3-%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D/|archive-date= 23 August 2017|url-status= dead}}</ref><br />
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==See also ==<br />
* [[National Waterway 1]]<br />
* [[Varanasi Port|Varanasi Multi-Modal Terminal]]<br />
* [[Sahebganj Multi-Model Port|Sahebgang Multimodal Terminal]]<br />
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==References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Ports in West Bengal}}<br />
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[[Category:Ports and harbours of West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Ports and harbours of India]]<br />
[[Category:River ports of India]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Haldia]]<br />
[[Category:Intermodal transport]]<br />
[[Category:Proposed ports in India]]</div>2409:4060:8B:9C40:0:0:2AE7:D0AD