The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 07, 2002

Nodal officer appointed at KDS for redressal of user grievances
THE Union Shipping Minister, Mr Vedprakash P. Goyal, who reviewed the operations of Kolkata port at a meeting with a cross-section of users, announced that Mr M.A. Bhaskarachar, the Deputy Chairman of Kolkata Port Trust in-charge of the Kolkata ... More

NMPT sees surge in bulk cargo movement
MANGALORE: While container traffic is said to be picking up at New Mangalore Port, the movement of conventional bulk cargo too is gaining momentum, according to NMPT officials. With the arrival of new cargo such as magnesite ore from ... More

Drive to clean up Chennai port
IN a bid to make Chennai port a `clean port', over 600 volunteers removed about 250 truckloads or 1,800 tonnes of coal dust and dirt from the wharf, roads and various other places inside the harbour. The coal dust and dirt had accumulated over ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE

IRDA clears plan for motor insurance hike
THE Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has cleared the proposal for an upward revision in motor insurance tariffs, brushing aside demands from the transport industry to keep the revision in abeyance till legal amendments to cap ... More

EVENTS

Soft loans demanded for maritime institutes
THE Union Government should encourage maritime training institutes in the country in a big way by providing soft loans for setting up or expanding existing facilities so that seafarers are benefited in their future training needs. In a paper ... More

ROADWAYS

Full to the brim
Autorickshaws laden with people and milk cans are a common sight on the Delhi-Agra Road in the morning hours.

Ships in Ports

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