Upper Assam ships its first cargo to a foreign port since India's independence

The Economic Times reports that the DLB Patkai left Bogibeel Terminal in Dibrugarh carrying 540 metric tons of methanol produced in Namrup, bound for a port in Dhaka. The planned 1,300-kilometer voyage is being watched as a test of whether the Brahmaputra can serve as a commercially viable freight route to overseas markets. Regular methanol shipments to Bangladesh are planned.