Surat: The Hazira-Ghogha Ro-Ro (roll on-roll off) ferry service has transported 649,165 passengers, along with a considerable volume of goods and vehicles, between South Gujarat and Saurashtra since 2020, as per an official statement released on Sunday. The ferry service, with a daily capacity to carry 2,000 passengers, 280 passenger vehicles, 200 two-wheelers, and 180 trucks between Hazira and Ghogha, has played a crucial role in facilitating transportation. The statement highlights that, on ...Read More

Surat: Gujarat Postal Department has reduced post delivery time by 12 hours by using the sea route through Ghogha Hazira Ro-Ro service. The postal department has begun using the Ghogha Hazira Ro-Ro service to transport posts from Saurashtra to Surat, resulting in a 12-hour reduction in delivery time. Post articles from Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, and Bhavnagar are among those delivered to Surat via the Ro-Ro ferry service. During the previous week, 30 tons of articles, including parcels and ...Read More

Gandhinagar: India Post starts using the RoPax (roll-on/off-passenger) ferry services on the Gogha-Hazira route to provide quick postal services between Mumbai and Saurashtra and South Gujarat. The service is called Tarang Post. Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State for Communications, officially launched India Post's daily mail and package delivery transportation services today aboard the "M.V. Voyage Express- RoPax Ferry." In line with the vision of Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji to use ...Read More

Surat: Ghogha - Hazira ropax ferry service has resumed after a long monsoon break. The ferry service has now an additional feature of Solar power run cafeterias (total three), cabin and club. It takes three hours for the ferry ship to travel between Ghogha (Bhavnagar) in Saurashtra and Hazira (Surat) in South Gujarat. The ferry service was closed for last one and half month due to monsoon. It is starting from Thursday with a new ship Voyage Express along with the earlier ship Voyage Symphany....Read More

Bhavnagar: The Ghogha-Hazira ferry service will resume from 15th October. The service will depart from Hazira in Surat to Ghogha in Bhavnagar at 8 AM and from Ghogha to Hazira at 3 PM. The ticket rates will be Rs 625 for executive class, Rs 825 for business class and Rs 1400 for VIP class. The ticket rates for cars will be Rs 1400 and bikes will be Rs 500. DeshGujaratRead More

Surat: Ghogha - Hazira Ro pax ferry service will remain on halt from 24th July to 10th August 2021 due to repairing work of the ships. The annual repairing work of the Voyage Symphony ship will be done during this period. Ships need repairing work at regular intervals and surveys and inspections are conducted for the same. The checking of the compatibility of the ships for sea-travel is conducted and they are only allowed for transportation after having NOC for everything. Air conditioni...Read More

Bharuch: Deendayal Port Trust (former Kandla Port Trust) has announced a new ferry service connecting Dahej and Ghogha. While Dahej is located in Bharuch district of Central Gujarat, Ghogha is in Bhavnagar district of Saurashtra. A new ferry service vessel will be centrally air conditioned. It will take 1.5 hour time for travel between Dahej and Ghogha. A ferry vessel will leave Dahej at 10 am and Ghogha at 3.30 pm daily. But boarding point on Ankleshwar Dahej side will be Valiya cho...Read More

New Delhi: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) has identified Domestic locations for Coastal Shipping under Sagarmala Programme. Among these locations are Hazira, Okha, Somnath temple, Pipavav, Dahej, Jamnagar, Ghogha, Mundra, Mandvi in Gujarat. The Ministry today in a note announced: MoPSW has identified Domestic locations namely Hazira, Okha, Somnath Temple, Diu, Pipavav, Dahej, Mumbai/JNPT, Jamnagar, Kochi, Ghogha, Goa, Mundra and Mandvi and 6 International routes, connecting...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Ro-Pax terminal at Hazira and flagged off the Ro-Pax ferry service between Hazira and Ghogha in Gujarat through video conferencing. He also interacted with the local users. He renamed the Ministry of Shipping as the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said today, people of Gujarat have got their Diwali gift. Everyone will benefit from this better connectivity. He added that busi...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Ro-Pax terminal at Hazira and flag off Ro-Pax service between Hazira and Ghogha in Gujarat on 8th November 2020 at 11 AM via video conferencing. This marks a big step towards the Prime Minister’s vision of harnessing waterways and integrating them with the economic development of the country. Prime Minister will also interact with local users of the service during the event. Union MoS for Shipping and Chief Minister of Gujarat w...Read More