The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, June 28, 2003

IA sets up panel for leasing more aircraft
IN an effort to protect its share in a dynamic market, Indian Airlines (IA) on Friday constituted a sub-committee to consider leasing more aircraft for strengthening its fleet. Sources said that the committee was likely to look at leasing up ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Petronet pipeline trial run set to begin on June 30
PETRONET India Ltd's Mangalore-Hassan-Bangalore 364-km pipeline is expected to begin trial runs on June 30. The project, which was scheduled for completion last year, seems to have finally cleared all hurdles, according to company ... More

MMTS to be flagged off on Aug 10
THE long wait of the residents of the twin cities and neighbouring villages for MMTS (Multi-modal Transport System) service will be over on August 10, with Mr Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister of State for Railways, announcing that the Railways and ... More

SHIPPING

Curbs on ICD shipments lifted
THE Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance has revoked last month's notification that put restriction on routing shipments of specified export schemes. According to Central excise and customs official sources here as well as the ... More

RAILWAYS

Bid to improve working conditions of rly guards
WITH `Bholu' the elephant guard being adopted as the Railways' mascot, the organisation is making efforts to improve the working conditions of its guards and provide them with better equipment to ensure safety of rail operations. An internal ... More

ROADWAYS

Kalamassery truck terminal to be inaugurated tomorrow
THE State's first modern truck terminal, one of the projects presented at the Global Investors Meet, will be inaugurated at Kalamassery near here on Sunday by the State Industries Minister, Mr P.K. Kunhalikutty. The Rs 12-crore project, taken ... More

Logjam hits exports to Bangladesh — Exporters flay poor clearance system
Due to parking lot difficulties, exporters are being compelled to pay heavy detention charges (on daily basis), and also bear the loss on account of deterioration of quality of perishable goods. Some of the export houses, hit by the current truck det ention problems, are Tata International (Steel Division), F. Ahmed & Co and Soubhik Exports. More

Truckers threaten stir in Kerala

Ships in Ports

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