The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 20, 2002

AI to increase service on Dubai-Bangalore route
AIR INDIA, which recorded a seven per cent growth in traffic on the Gulf-India sector in the peak summer season this year over the same period in 2001, plans to launch a second regular frequency on the Dubai-Bangalore route in late ... More

AI, Air Canada in code-share talks
AIR India is exploring code share arrangement with Air Canada on the Mumbai/Delhi to Frankfurt sector using the three new flights, which the national flag carrier plans to operate on this sector from December 8. The Canadian Minister of ... More

SHIPPING

Navy objects to tall cranes at Vallarpadam — Ministry keen to get the project going
IN view of the objections raised by the naval authorities to the erection of tall Super Post Panamax cranes at the proposed Vallarpadam transshipment terminal project, the Cochin Port Trust is optimistic of finding an amicable solution soon. ... More

CESC to move more coal via KDS rail track
THE moribund railway network of the Kolkata Dock System (KDS) under the Kolkata Port Trust (KPT) is likely to come back to life following the decision of CESC Ltd, the private power generating and supplying company, to use it for stepping up coal ... More

Seafarers to be paid allowance for handling radio active cargo
FOR the first time ever, Indian ratings working on board ships carrying radio active materials will be paid a special allowance of Rs 4,000 per month or pro-rata as per a new two-year wage agreement signed on September 13 between the Indian ... More

Vizag port posts 58 pc growth in box traffic
THE Visakhapatnam Port Trust port has recorded a significant growth in container traffic in the current fiscal. According to a port official, the growth in box traffic to Vizag port has been 58 per cent in the first five months of the current ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Costlier fuel adds to margin pressure of courier cos
WITH the deregulation of petroleum prices introducing volatility in fuel prices, express courier companies are caught in a dilemma over revision of delivery charges, although there is no immediate indication of the industry contemplating such a ... More

ROADWAYS

Golden Quadrilateral Phase-I to be completed next year
Once completed, the GQ project would cut down travel time by 20-25 per cent. The likely financial benefits to the economy, as per the World Bank estimate, mainly on account of lower fuel costs, is said to be around Rs 8,000 crore per annum. More

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