The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 05, 2002

SBM means huge savings for KRL — But why is CoPT playing spoilsport?
FACED with the stiff opposition to the proposed single-buoy mooring project from the Cochin Port Trust (CoPT) workers, the employees of the Kochi Refineries Ltd (KRL) have launched a campaign proclaiming that such a project will benefit the ... More

Dredging contracts — Over-reliance on foreign firms
REPORTS have it that on more than one occasion in the recent past, giant foreign dredging contractors, entrusted with specific jobs at various ports, withdrew without having completed the jobs for some reasons. It has happened in at least two ... More

S. Korean shipbuilders' pricing face-off with EU peers
LEADING South Korean shipbuilders such as Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries are adding to the irritation of their European Union peers as they continue to snap up one prestigious order after another. The EU maintains that ... More

`No outside agency allowed to inspect ports for security steps'
THE Union Shipping Ministry has not authorised any outside agency to inspect any of the port installations in the country with a view to evaluating the security measures in major Indian ports in connection with anti-terrorism measures. This was ... More

Kochi port refutes charges
THE Cochin Port Trust has categorically denied the allegation of unauthorised reclamation of land between Mattanchery Bridge and Kudnanoor Bridge on the eastern side of the channel. It has been alleged that the reclamation is being planned to ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Logistics conclave from August 8

RAILWAYS

Railways: The folly of Hajipurisation
THE Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, has earned for himself a somewhat dubious place in the history books for enhancing the already bloated babudom of the Indian Railways, a wasteful exercise that the Railway Board mandarins themselves ... More

Creation of new zones — Rly unions, officers' body to file petition
LESS than a week after the Union Cabinet endorsed the move to bifurcate the Eastern Railway zone, two railway unions and the Federation of Railway Officers' Association have decided to file a public interest litigation (PIL) contesting the ... More

Railways 150th anniversary
A refurbished steam locomotive hauling a special train as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Indian Railways. The special train was operated on Sunday from Chennai Central station to Thiruvallur and back. The Railways has replaced ... More

ROADWAYS

LCVs/ICVs outrace heavyweights
SALES of commercial vehicles is one of the barometers of the economy. In a strange twist, though CV sales rose 35.7 per cent in the April-June quarter over the corresponding previous period, attributed to good rains, larger buying capacity in ... More

N-E truck movement hit by bad roads
The bad road condition in the Barak Valley in the North-East has hit hard the movement of trucks and trailers in the region. The problem has been compounded by the recent landslide. The landslide at Sonapur in Meghalaya not only killed four ... More

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