The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 26, 2002

`Lufthansa has no plans to raise fares now'
DESPITE a five-fold increase in insurance costs to euro 170 milllion during 2002, Lufthansa, which reported an operating profit of 28 million euros for 2001, has no immediate plans to impose any additional passenger surcharge or increase its ... More

More IA flights on Mumbai-Goa sector
INDIAN Airlines will increase its operation between Mumbai and Goa by two more flights daily from April 26, an official statement said on Thursday. The additional flight IC 663 on the Mumbai-Goa sector will leave Mumbai at 5.30 a.m. and reach ... More

SHIPPING

Ensure crude cargo support to SCI, Shourie tells Naik
The move is aimed at enhancing the value of SCI in which the Government has initiated the process of selling 51 per cent of its equity. The short-listed bidders have conveyed that the Government should grant cargo support for crude movement to SCI fo r 2 years post-disinvestment and honour the CCD decision. More

Steamer agents seek berth on Kochi port board
THE Cochin Steamer Agents' Association has urged the Shipping Ministry to take necessary steps to initiate remedial measures to provide the association due representation on the board of trustees of the Cochin Port Trust for the year ... More

New Chairman for Tuticorin port

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Schenker pact terminated
THE Ministry of Shipping is understood to have ended its 40-year-old exclusive freight forwarding arrangement with Schenker, the Hamburg-based logistics company, for all Government cargo coming from and going out to Europe. The Ministry is ... More

New facility from postal dept

RAILWAYS

`Containerisation only hope for Railways'
CONTAINERISATION is intermodalism, and the only hope, survival and prosperity for the Indian Railways, the General Manager of Southern Railway, Mr V. Anand, has said. Intermodal is containerised movement of goods using the combination of rail, ... More

ROADWAYS

Health drive for truck drivers
BRITISH Petroleum, the London headquartered energy major, plans to provide basic medical health check for at least 25,000 truck drivers in Andhra Pradesh during April-August. The exercise is part of its `BP mela 2002 ', which is expected to ... More

`Solve traffic jams at once'

Ships in Ports

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Amul enters Delhi ice cream market -- In 'co-operative competition ' with Mother Dairy

MIP '97 redemption -- SEBI to ask UTI to meet shortfall from reserves

Ensure crude cargo support to SCI, Shourie tells Naik

HDFC Standard does Rs 1,266-cr business

New motor insurance tariffs by mid-May

Seafood exporters to focus on US

Digital GlobalSoft net up 71 pc at Rs 93 cr -- Declares 35 pc dividend

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

US-64

Looking back
Apr. 14-Apr. 20
Pre-condition for premium hike in future -- Truckers want third party liability capped

SCI asked to put investment decisions on back-burner

Marginal rise in major ports' handling, but short of target