The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, March 09, 2002

IA aircraft hits a wall
AN Indian Airlines Airbus A-300B2 (VT-EFW) today suffered damages when it hit the airport security wall while being taxied from the engine run-up bay to the domestic operational area at the Indira Gandhi International airport here. In a ... More

SHIPPING

KPT hopeful of higher volume
THE Kolkata Port Trust hopes to end the current financial year (2001-02) with a total cargo throughput of 31 million tonnes as against 24.7 m.t. in 2000-01. In the first 10 months of the current fiscal (April to January), the throughput exceeded ... More

Vizag continues to top in throughput
THE Vizag port continues to lead all the other Indian major ports in terms of throughput. According to figures released by the Indian Ports Association, the port, which handled 40.1 million tonnes up to February this fiscal, has established a ... More

CWC signs MoU for Kandla freight station
THE Kandla Port Trust has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) for developing and operating a container freight station (CFS) at a cost of Rs 22 crore. It had handed over 14 hectares of land ... More

ROADWAYS

NHAI to raise Rs 6,200 cr to part-fund projects
THE National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will borrow Rs 6,200 crore from the market through 54 EC bonds and a long-term loan from the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to part-fund the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) ... More

Road-map for Indian Road Fund
According to plans, the NHAI will dip into a small portion of the Infrastructure Equity Fund to create a mutual fund — Indian Road Fund. It will also rope in banks, financial institutions and multi-lateral agencies to contribute equity to the m utual fund. This fund would be utilised to leverage more funds from the public to develop road projects. More

Chennai goods haulers' plea to amend Common Carriers Act
THE Chennai Goods Transport Association (CGTA) has urged the Centre to amend the 137-year-old Common Carriers Act (CCA) regulating the transport industry. "The age-old Act has no relevance in the present day functioning of the transport ... More

Ships in Ports

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