The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 26, 2003

Kuwait Air to suspend flights to Delhi, Chennai
KUWAIT Airways has decided to suspend flights to Delhi and Chennai for a week starting March 29 while operating normal services to Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi. Meanwhile, the airline has also decided to levy an insurance surcharge of ... More

Air India travel to cost more
FLIGHTS on Air India are set to become more expensive from next month. The airline's proposal for a 5 per cent hike in air fares has been accepted by the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and is to come into effect from April 1. ... More

SHIPPING

Coffee exports through Kochi port up in Feb
COFFEE exports through the Cochin Port Trust had shown a substantial increase in February. As a result, the overall exports had also gone up during the month compared to January this year. Coffee exports from the port stood at 10,778 tonnes in ... More

Shortage of containers hits exports
EXPORTS to various regions including South-East Asia have been badly hit in the last 15 days following an acute shortage of containers in the country. The situation is due to increased exports and lesser imports. According to maritime industry ... More

Seafarers seek war compensation
INDIAN seafarers have started demanding wartime compensation for voyages to Gulf ports. Though most of the Gulf sector, except Iraqi ports, were reported to be safe so far, the seamen's unions had demanded payment of war compensation to crew on ... More

RAILWAYS

Rlys to derate flat wagon capacity
ON discovering some structural defects in BRN (flat) wagons, the Railways has decided to derate the capacity of some of these wagons. According to informed sources, nearly 50 per cent of the Railways' total holding of about 4,500 flat wagons ... More

Online rail ticket booking comes to Kerala
THE Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a public sector unit under the Ministry of Railways and mandated to implement a Web-based system to interface with passengers, has brought the online ticket facility to the State. ... More

Ships in Ports

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