The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 17, 2002

Hyderabad-Kolkata IA flight cancelled
HYDERABAD: Indian Airlines will not operate IC-7271 from Hyderabad to Kolkata via Nagpur on Wednesday, due to cancellation of the incoming flight IC-7278 from Kolkata on April 16. According to an IA release, there will be no other ... More

SHIPPING

Drop in Kochi port cargo traffic
The port had also succeeded in regaining imports of finished fertilisers such as muriate of potash, urea etc. The number of vessels handled at the port increased by 8 per cent from 1,104 during 2000-01 to 1,190 signifying increased sailings from the port. More

CAG to be consulted on standard accounting norms for port trusts
THE Union Shipping Ministry will shortly hold a meeting with the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) of India to iron out its concerns before implementing the standard accounting norms for major port trusts prepared by S.B. Billimoria & ... More

4 foreign firms in race for dredging at Tuticorin port
AT least four foreign and one Indian private sector dredging firm are believed to have bid for the dredging work at the Tuticorin port. The foreign firms, it is learnt, are Jan de Nul, Boskalis International B.V.,Van Oord ACZ Marine & Dredging ... More

Kakinada anchorage port -- Workers demand assurance against proposed closure
The Port Protection Committee in its memorandum to the Minister urged the State Government to give up the idea of closing down the port and act tough with the Kakinada Seaports Ltd which had not paid even the minimum guaranteed amount. More

Strike hits work at Kolkata port
WORK was totally paralysed at both Kolkata dock system and Haldia dock in response to the industrial strike called by the Left parties. If past experience is any indication, a bandh or general strike would never have an impact on the cargo ... More

Operations at Kochi port grind to a halt
THE nation-wide strike in protest against the Union Government's economic policies and privatisation crippled the operations of the Cochin Port Trust on Tuesday as all the trade unions, including the BMS, participated in the strike. Sources ... More

SOFTWARE

No queuing up, with LRM
Those who've gone in early for logistics resource management (LRM) have gone beyond printing bar codes on their containers and tracking shipments by computers. They are investing in highly integrated systems across internal and external supply chains . More

Ships in Ports

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