The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 01, 2002

IA schedule crushes Coimbatore flower trade
INDIAN Airlines' new flight timing under the summer schedule, which takes effect from March 31, has landed scores of Coimbatore flower vendors in trouble. The revised timing of the IC 657/658 Delhi-Mumbai-Coimbatore-Mumbai flight, it is ... More

Extra IA flight to Sharjah from Coimbatore
THE summer flight schedule announced by the Indian Airlines gets an additional international flight from Coimbatore to the Gulf as the present twice-a-week Chennai-Sharjah flight via Coimbatore will henceforth fly three days in a week effective ... More

Global airlines still keen on `Maharaja'
EVEN as the Government decides on its next move on the Air India (AI) disinvestment process, some international airlines have shown keen interest in picking up a stake in the Maharaja. ``On recent visits abroad, Indian officials were approached ... More

BAWC launches fuel index

INFRASTRUCTURE

Survey report on Sky Bus submitted

SHIPPING

Kochi port flounders in competition
The advent of aquaculture in the early 90s dealt the final blow to dominance of the Kochi port. While Kerala remained more of a spectator to this new and scientific breeding technique, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh pursued it with vigour and determin ation. More

Birganj ICD commissioning -- Can the delay be contained?
The authorities have to find ways and means to cope with the transport lobby to keep the Birganj ICD running. First, the Government may have to issue orders making rail movement of containers mandatory. Another way could be to categorise cargoes to b e moved by the railways and roadways. More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Seafood movement: The frozen links
SEVERE transportation bottlenecks are thwarting the growth of the seafood markets in India. Bulk of the processed seafoods is exported to the US, Japan, European Union, Thailand and even to Vietnam, with the domestic consumption of ready-to-eat ... More

Supply chain/ERP -- Changing the way businesses operate
NEW technologies that turn raw data into information and knowledge are changing the way the firms operate. In this context, various forms of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management (SCM) software are the enabling ... More

INTERVIEW

`More should be done to build infrastructure' — Mr Michael Everard. BIMCO President
THE Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO,) consisting of around 1,000 owner-members and controlling over 60 per cent of the world merchant fleet, 1,550 brokers and ships' agents, and 100 club and associate members, constitutes the ... More

RAILWAYS

MRTS travel dearer from today
CHENNAI: Following the hike in fares announced in the Railway Budget, the minimum fare on the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) has been raised to Rs 6 from Rs 5, Southern Railway sources said. The change comes into effect from April ... More

Nitish visits ICF
The Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar (left), takes a look at the coaches made at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perambur during his visit to Chennai on Sunday. On the extreme right is Mr K.V. Ramani, General Manager, ICF. The Railway ... More

Ships in Ports

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`More should be done to build infrastructure' — Mr Michael Everard. BIMCO President

Bleak export scenario set to change: Maran

Simplified norms; specific packages

New initiatives to drive export growth

Butter oil from New Zealand seized for `under-invoicing'

Extra revenue outgo on sops at Rs 1,000 cr -- Total outflow may top Rs 27,000 cr in 2002-03

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

US-64

Looking back
Mar. 24-Mar. 30
IA to buy 43 Airbus aircraft

Plans likely to bring all ports under one regulator