The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 22, 2002

Air India cargo revenues take off
Air India's cargo revenue increased to Rs 428 crore during 2000-01, up from Rs 402 crore earned the previous year. While the airline's cargo performance was creditable, it must be remembered that the airline was primarily a passenger carrier. More

Malaysian Air seeks nod for more flights
THE Malaysian Airlines has sought the permission of the Union Government to operate additional flights on the India-Malaysia sector. Representatives of the airline met senior officials of the Union Civil Aviation Ministry recently in this ... More

SHIPPING

Soaring SCI scrip puts Govt, bidding cos in a spot
Generally, the upward movement in the share prices of PSU stock fetches higher proceeds to the Government. However, for the Shipping Corporation of India, the soaring scrip is posing problems for the Government bidders. Given the cyclical nature of t he shipping industry, they feel that quoting a price for the Government's 51 per cent stake at the prevailing Rs 68 per share or even higher may not make much sense. More

SCI buyer allowed up to 25% tonnage stripping
THE Union Government has set the ball rolling for negotiations with Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) bidders by proposing that the successful buyer can strip up to 25 per cent of the shipping assets of the company. The first draft of the ... More

As tea exports fall...: It is dip, dip, dip at Amingaon ICD
ARMED with bulging briefcases, the top brass of Container Corporation of India (Concor), tea shippers, senior officials of a number of shipping lines — both Indian and foreign — assembled at Guwahati in the first week of this month to ... More

Vizag port's ore handling complex: Making the perfect turnaround
The ore handling complex, an important link in the export process, is no longer a cause of worry to the Visakhapatnam port. Not only has it handled the highest traffic of iron ore since its inception, but for the first time the MMTC did not have to p ay any demurrage due to breakdowns in the handling system in the just ended fiscal. More

RAILWAYS

`Railways full potential yet to be realised'
NATIONAL integration at its best is best personified by the untiring efforts of the Indian Railways, and this enduring vision of a unified India seen through the eyes of Railways should be sustained at all costs, according to Mr Vijay Anand, ... More

ROADWAYS

Are expressways safe?
IN THE past few years, several highways, motorways, and expressways projects have come up in India. Basically, the focus has been on connecting two important cities of prime location, where there is increased traffic flow at all hours of the ... More

Crowded in
Finding parking space — be it for a two-wheeler or a four-wheeler — is a big problem in Chennai as this picture taken in the Parry's Corner area shows. While urban planners have for long talked of building or encouraging multi-tiered ... More

30-seater buses in rural areas

Ships in Ports

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