The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 06, 2003

IA's promotional fares on select routes introduced
INDIAN Airlines (IA) has introduced cheaper point-to-point fares between Lucknow and the southern cities of Chennai and Bangalore. The airline has also introduced reduced economy class round trip promotional fares from Delhi on three sectors, ... More

Jet to target new segment with Super Apex
IN an effort to create new markets Jet Airways is set to announce a new scheme called Super Apex scheme, which will target segments for which air travel has so far been unaffordable. The Jet Airways Chairman, Mr Naresh Goyal, said on Monday that ... More

India, growing market for SriLankan Airlines
INDIA has emerged as the fastest-growing market for SriLankan Airlines. In the last one year, the airline has recorded a 100 per cent growth in traffic in the Sri Lanka-India-Sri Lanka sector. According to a press release issued here, SriLankan ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Customs to process shipping bills only through EDI
THE Chennai Customs House will hereafter process all types of shipping bills, except re-export under drawback claim, only under the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system. This is part of the next stage of implementing the EDI. Accordingly, ... More

SHIPPING

As Govt changes plan... Training institute to sail with SCI in divestment
THE Union Government will privatise Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) along with its Maritime Training Institute (MTI), discarding an earlier plan to demerge the training institute from the company prior to its disinvestment. "MTI will remain ... More

`Good training for seafarers vital'
SPEAKERS at a seminar on ``Quality in shipping with regard to seafarers'' have expressed the view that mushrooming of maritime institutes in India has brought unhealthy competition among organisations, thereby, affecting the quality of training ... More

Vizag port sets new iron ore handling record
THE ore handling complex of the Visakhapatnam Port has set a new record by loading 1,15,000 tonnes of iron ore into a vessel in a day, according to a press release. The release says the ore was loaded into the Minerals and Metals Trading ... More

EoIs to be called for Sandheads transloading, floating terminal
The transloading operation, Dr A.K. Chanda said, would help the port authorities handle huge bulk carriers with full load, not possible right now because of the draught problem in the Hooghly river. More

Shipment validity period extended for textile sector
THE Union Government has extended the shipment validity period for textile exporters by 15 days in view of the recent truck operators' strike. The general extension of time will be applicable in respect of all shipments certified by the Cotton ... More

RAILWAYS

Delhi Rly stations to get facelift
THE three major railway stations in the Capital - New Delhi, Old Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin - will be given a Rs 24.85-crore facelift to spruce up passenger amenities. All the three stations would have a new modern station building on ... More

Pilot projects set up to produce Rail Neer
IN its continued efforts to enhance passenger amenities, the Indian Railways is set to launch Rail Neer, a branded packaged drinking water for the rail commuters. The Union Minister of State for Railways, Mr Bandaru Dattatreya, addressing a ... More

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