The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 07, 2003

Emirates sets sights on stars for comfort
EMIRATES Airline has set its sights on the stars — literally — to help it offer new levels of comfort and enjoyment to travellers on ultra-longhaul flights from next month. In an industry first, an image of the night sky above ... More

ARINC ties up with Bird Consultancy
ARINC, the US-based leader in transportation communications and systems engineering, has tied up with Bird Consultancy Services (BCS) to establish its presence in India. BCS, in collaboration with ARINC, will provide services and products to ... More

Modernisation of Delhi, Mumbai airports — Meeting to shortlist consultants on Sunday
THE meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to decide on the selection of the consultant for modernising the airports in Delhi and Mumbai has been postponed. It will now be held here on November 9. Official sources described Thursday's ... More

INSIGHT

Don't take it out on the roads
JAIPUR'S image of a city of non-belligerent road-users was dented recently. A minor mishap involving the cars of a bureaucrat and an MLA ended up in a major brawl. This shows that road rage can grip anyone, even the ... More

SHIPPING

Major ports plan lower tariff to lure mainline box vessels
The ports need to improve operational efficiency in terms of turnaround time for vessels and curbing delays, apart from bringing down the charges to attract mainline vessels," according to an analyst. More

GE Shipping takes delivery of Aframax
GREAT Eastern Shipping on Thursday took delivery of an Aframax crude carrier of 96.967 DWT, which was contracted in September 2003. According to a company press release, the company crude carrier tonnage touched the 1 million DWT mark with the ... More

SAIL allowed to use Haldia berth V for three more months
THE Haldia dock authorities have permitted the public sector steel giant SAIL to continue operation in the berth five of the dock for three more months. The tenure of the agreement between Kolkata Port Trust and SAIL over the use of the berth ... More

Exports through Kochi port up in September
EXPORTS of some of the major commodities through the Kochi port have shown an upward trend during September this year with an increase of over 4,000 tonnes compared to August. As per the figures available with the Cochin Chamber of Commerce and ... More

ROADWAYS

Truckers seek review of cess for security fund
TRUCK owners have sought a review of the Cabinet proposal to levy an extra cess of 10 paise per litre on petrol and diesel to build up a Social Security Fund for unorganised sector workers. "We are bewildered as to what led the Government to ... More

Ships in Ports

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