The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 29, 2002

Bid to make cabin crew licensing mandatory
THE issue of mandatory licensing of cabin crew has once again drawn the attention of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). According to ICAO Journal, a consensus appears to have emerged on the need for cabin crew to hold ... More

IA may narrow net loss during 2002-03
INDIAN Airlines (IA) expects to report a net loss of Rs 98.90 crore during 2002-03 compared to its estimated loss of Rs 250.65 crore during 2001-02. In a statement, the airline said its financial performance during 2001-02 was impacted ... More

`D3 effect' will help IA fly higher, says Airbus
AIRBUS Industrie is convinced that the D3 effect — demand-driven despatch — among the 43 aircraft, which Indian Airlines (IA) has ordered, will help the airline report better financials. The Regional Press Manager, Airbus Industrie, ... More

SHIPPING

`Scrapping old Kakinada port will cause social upheaval'
AGITATED fishermen, barge workers, and barge owners staged a demonstration in front of the East Godavari Collectorate here on Thursday morning and warned the State Government that attempts to wind up transactions at the old anchorage port and ... More

Plea against KRL floating platform at Kochi port
THE board of trustees of the Cochin Port Trust has passed a resolution requesting Kochi Refineries Ltd (KRL) to drop the move to establish single buoy mooring (SBM), a floating platform to handle crude oil tankers, away from the port limits as it ... More

Nepal co may wind up Kidderpore operations
FACED with a decline in throughput of Nepal cargo at the Kolkata Dock System (KDS), Nepal Transit and Warehousing Co. Ltd (NTWC), a Nepal Government undertaking responsible for handling and storage of Nepal cargo routed through the Kolkata port, ... More

ROADWAYS

Drive in fear
I RARELY watch television commercials. Like most people I know, the moment there is a commercial break, I start surfing. Or else I mute the sound and read a book. However, even those silent images flashing on the screen are disturbing. Most of ... More

Floating crane arrives at GIDA project site
THE construction of GIDA bridges under the Goshree Project has got a fillip with the arrival of the heavy-duty floating crane, Sahyadri, at the project site. With its arrival, the girder launching work of the Ernakulam-Bolghatty bridge is ... More

Ships in Ports

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