The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 30, 2002

`Today's pain is tomorrow's gain'
COME winter, things begin to look up in West Bengal in more ways than one. More meetings are held, and more promises dished out. And now, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, has told investors, over the last two weeks or ... More

SHIPPING

VLCC acquisition — Is SCI sailing into hot waters?
THE Shipping Corporation of India move to acquire two new very large crude carriers (VLCC) of 300,000 DWT (dead weight tonnes) each at a price of $65.2 million from Hyundai Heavy Industries, the South Korean yard, when the SCI is on the verge of ... More

DG Shipping order raises seafarers' hackles
ON DECEMBER 23, passenger vessel m.v. Nicobar sailed from Kolkata for Port Blair with 1,200 passengers. With this sailing ended the week-long stalemate causing concern to the Andaman and Nicobar Administration, the owner of the vessel, the ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Maruti driven by new supply chain paradigm
LOGISTICS goes beyond mere distribution management. It is improving the quality of the supply chain itself to achieve a cost-effective distribution mechanism. Driven by this philosophy, Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL), the country's biggest passenger car ... More

Low haulage of export cargo in Dec — Most Tirupur exporters exhausted their quotas by Oct
The slapping of the embargo against the garment shipments allowed from India by the US port authorities too added to the stalemate. Hence the feeling of lack of quota. More

INTERVIEW

`The worst is over for shipping' — Mr P. K. Srivastava, President, Indian National Shipowners Association and Chairman, SCI
THE first three quarters of 2002 were depressing for Indian shipping companies. However, since October, freight rates, particularly for tankers, have picked up and shipping lines are expected to report better earnings in the current quarter. ... More

ROADWAYS

A cover for expressway users
The Mumbai-Pune Exressway is as much a motorists delight as a nightmare. The speed the smooth road allows is also responsible for a large number of accidents. To provide the road-users a measure of safety and comfort, the Maharashtra State Road ... More

Traffic curbs for New Year

Sponsors likely for bus stations

Ships in Ports

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