The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Cabinet nod for airports Bill
THE Union Cabinet today approved the withdrawal of the Airports Authority of India Bill 2000 and approved the introduction of a comprehensive amendment to the Airports Authority of India Act 1994. Official sources said that the Amendment to the ... More

AI's incentives to UK agents under scrutiny
THE role played by the then Managing Director of Air India in allowing an increase in the productivity-linked incentives (PLI) to the UK-based General Sales Agents (GSA) has come in for close scrutiny by the Parliamentary Committee on Public ... More

Polar Air plans another freighter

SHIPPING

Floating hazard
Liquefied ammonia being transported to the FACT plant from the Kochi port by a barge. Transportation of hazardous chemicals through the waterways, instead of the congested roads, considerably reduces pollution ... More

Krishnapatnam port to be ready by 2005
THE first phase of Krishnapatnam port, being developed at a cost of Rs 900 crore by Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd (KPCL), will be completed by the middle of 2005. KPCL is developing the port on build, operate, share and transfer (BOST) ... More

Coffee, tea lead rise in Kochi port's March exports
EXPORTS through the Kochi port have shown an increase of around 6,000 tonnes during the month of March this year compared to the previous month... More

Kolkata river pilots raise SARS banner
RIVER pilots of the Kolkata port, who are responsible for movement of vessels between the Sandheads, the mouth of the Hooghly river, and the docks, both the Kolkata Dock System (KDS) and the Haldia Dock Complex (HDC), have expressed their ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Pilots guild derecognised; 18 more suspended
THE Air India management on Tuesday decided to derecognise the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), the representative body of pilots with the national carrier. They have also issued suspension orders on 18 more pilots, taking the total number under ... More

Ships in Ports

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