The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 12, 2002

Emirates in lease deal to buy A330
EMIRATES has signed a $100-million agreement for the financing of an aircraft using an innovative UK operating lease structure over a 10-year term with Lloyds TSB Bank providing the equity. This is the third A330 aircraft that Emirates has ... More

IA to offer more seats on Chennai-Hyderabad flights — Daily Delhi-Calicut flight on the cards
INDIAN Airlines plans to restart a daily flight on the Delhi-Calicut sector with an Airbus A-320 aircraft and increase the seats on offer on the Chennai-Hyderabad sector by changing the aircraft on the existing 14 weekly flights. The ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Uncertainty over IOC Sandheads facility
THE floating storage offloading facility (FSO) planned by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) at Sandheads near Haldia port faces uncertainty as the validity period of the revised price bids submitted by the three bidders lapsed on September 6. IOC ... More

SHIPPING

IBS solutions for Sharjah ports & customs authority
THE Technopark-based IBS Software Services, a supplier of software services for travel, transportation and logistics industries, has won a contract from the Department of Sea Ports and Customs, Government of Sharjah, for implementing its ... More

Vallarpadam: Kochi samithy protests delay
IN a symbolic protest, the Vishala Kochi Dweep Vikasana Samithy (Greater Cochin Island Development Committee) floated containers made of thermocol in the backwaters here on Tuesday protesting against the delay in implementing the proposed ... More

Tuticorin port cargo traffic up
THE Tuticorin port handled 57.75 lakh tonnes of cargo from April to August this year as against 53.71 lakh tonnes during the corresponding period last year, a growth of 7.5 per cent. Out of this, imports accounted for 41.898 lakh tonnes and ... More

Visakha Container, VPT sign pact
THE concessional licensing agreement between Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) and Visakha Container Terminal Private Ltd (VCTPL) was signed at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Mr Tamilvanam, Deputy Chairman of VPT, and Mr S. Raj, CEO of VCTPL, signed ... More

RAILWAYS

Rajdhani derailment — Bridge certified `fit': Nitish
EVEN as the Commissioner of Railway Safety has commenced an inquiry into the derailment of the Delhi-bound Howrah Rajdhani Express on a bridge near Rafigang on Monday night, the Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, on Wednesday reiterated that the ... More

S. Rly invites EoI for pvt goods terminals
SOUTHERN Railway is encouraging the setting up of private goods terminals at various places in the zone. The goods terminals will include multi-modal facilities for rail-cum-road link, warehousing facility, storage facilities and IT back-up for ... More

Ships in Ports

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