The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 19, 2002

Indian Airlines to buy 39 aircraft
INDIAN Airlines (IA) is set to accelerate its ambitious Rs 9,000-crore fleet acquisition plan, taking advantage of the attractive market prices of aircraft. Having received the go-ahead from the Centre, the national carrier is firming up an ... More

MAS keen on more flights from S. India
MALAYSIAN Airlines (MAS) is keen to increase the frequency of its flights from Hyderabad from the once-a-week service that it operates currently, the airline Senior Vice-President Middle East region, Mr Noor Amiruddin, has said. Addressing a ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

GSPL to extend gas grid to Saurashtra
The 700-km trunk route pipeline, which will entail investment up to Rs 1,500 crore, is a significant move for GSPL which had originally planned to take up the work on the gas grid only up to Ahmedabad by 2003. More

SHIPPING

SCI crude volume may rise with new tanker
THE Shipping Corporation of India's crude tanker tonnage is likely to be up marginally from the present 2.42 million dwt to around 2.51 million dwt in July when a 93,000-dwt capacity LR II type crude tanker, currently being built at the Cochin ... More

Chennai port surcharge on boxes goes
THE congestion surcharge of $200 per box levied by the feeder service operators at the container terminal in Chennai Port has been withdrawn. The surcharge on import containers at the terminal was taken off from January 15. The feeder operators ... More

New Dy Chairman for Kolkata port
KOLKATA: Mr M.A. Bhaskarachar took over as the Deputy Chairman of Kolkata Port Trust here on Friday. He will be in-charge of the Kolkata Dock System. Before joining KPT, Mr Bhaskarachar was Financial Adviser & Chief Accounts Officer ... More

RAILWAYS

Plan panel calls for tariff reform in Rlys
AFTER the Finance Ministry, it was the turn of the Planning Commission on Friday to push for tariff rebalancing and reforms in the Indian Railways to make it a financially viable organisation. The Railways were also asked to consider the setting ... More

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