The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 14, 2002

Konkan Rly Corpn signs MoU for `Skybus' project in Coimbatore
KRCL has already mooted similar Skybus projects for Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kochi and Pune for which it has signed MoUs with local partners. KRCL is also trying to promote overseas projects for Skybus transpo rtation and it has also signed MoUs for promoting Skybus projects in Baghdad, Dubai and Dhaka towns, KRCL officials said. More

SHIPPING

Plan for submarine repair yards
THE Shipping Ministry is exploring the possibility of making the public sector shipyards - Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL), Visakhapatnam and Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), Kochi, - into speciality submarine repair yards, the Union Minister for ... More

Develop inland waterways along NHDP lines: ERC
THE Expenditure Reforms Commission report has asked the Centre to accord the highest priority to inland water transport on the lines of National Highway Development Programme (NHDP) and empower the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) by ... More

Proposal to cut time for TN canal project study

Overseas order

TRANSPORT

Transport conundrum, post-APM
Right now, there are two nodal agents for crude imports — IOC, which acts on behalf of the oil companies, and SCI, which transports the crude. SCI is only required to negotiate with IOC. For the import of petroleum products, Indian flag carrier s, including the SCI, get purchase preference over foreign flags. It is not yet clear if the same preferential arrangement will continue after April 2002, post-APM. More

RAILWAYS

South Central Railway on fast track
DEDICATED efforts to complete infrastructure development projects on time, improved management practices and operational efficiencies, all aimed at meeting the increasing demands of customers have helped the South Central Railway (SCR) achieve ... More

ROADWAYS

Irregular Customs clearance at Mahadipur

Ships in Ports

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