The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 26, 2002

British Airways World Cargo — Smooth flight despite bad weather?
BRITISH Airways World Cargo (BAWC), a separate profit centre within British Airways, has announced results for the first quarter of the financial year 2002-03, with revenue levels of £123 million for the period ended June 30, showing a decline of ... More

SHIPPING

Vizag port's focus on finances — Plugging the leaks successfully
VIZAG port, which emerged as India's premier port in terms of traffic throughput last fiscal, has unveiled a new programme to shore up its net surplus by controlling wasteful and operational expenditure. The programme envisages reducing the ... More

TN textile exports facing transhipment delays
TEXTILE shippers from Tamil Nadu who use Colombo transhipment route for their export cargo to European destination ports are facing delay in getting into mainline vessels as most of the `mother' vessels coming from the Far East choose to skip the ... More

Chennai Customs info service for shippers
THE Chennai Customs House (CCH) has introduced CHITS, Custom House Information Technology Service, in a bid to improve dissemination of faster information to importer/exporter. CHITS would provide various services to the shippers on daily a ... More

RAILWAYS

People's express built at top speed
TO COMMEMORATE the historic and momentous date, April 16, 1853, when the first train steamed out of Boribunder for Thane, the Indian Railways early this year decided to run 16 inter-city train services to be called Jan Shatabdi Express ... More

ICF to supply EMU coaches for AP metro service
THE Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, is set to supply Electric Multiple Unit coaches for the Andhra Pradesh Metropolitan Transport project, according to a press release from the ICF. A team of officials held discussions with the Andhra ... More

Rlys to run specials for Pushkaram fete
THE Railways will run five special trains with 20 coaches apiece to cater to the needs of the public during the Godavari "Pushkaram" fete being celebrated next July. An initial grant of Rs 1 crore has been given for improving infrastructure at ... More

Ships in Ports

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