LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Thomas Cook is sales agent for Lufthansa, Condor
THOMAS Cook (Mauritius) Travel Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thomas Cook (India) Ltd, has been appointed general sales agent for Lufthansa and Condor (a Thomas Cook AG airline) in Mauritius. The company has opened a new office in Mauritius ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
$700-m Hazira LNG terminal — Shell, Essar lock horns over equity position
The bone of contention is Shell's decision to go solo at Hazira and keep out its bid partner, Essar, from exercising its option to take a 50 per cent equity position in the project.
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SHIPPING
PSA Corp bullish on India
With Indian ports handling only 3.9 million TEUs compared to China's 48 million, PSA Corp sees huge potential in India's container trade.
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Kandla box terminal bidding to close next month
KANDLA port has rescheduled the deadline for submission of technical and financial bids for its Rs 200-crore container terminal project to September 19. After the disqualification of L&T recently, there are only three bidders — ABG Heavy ..
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
VAT forces cos to reinvent warehousing
WITH a countrywide value added tax (VAT) regime round the corner, companies are reinventing their warehousing strategies. Several of the bigger players are going in for consolidation of their depots, while some others are opting for outsourcing ...
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EVENTS
Hyderabad to host bus, truck expo in January
ANDHRA Pradesh Expositions Pvt Ltd (APEX), the marketing arm of Hyderabad International Expositions Ltd (Hitex) , and Unitech Exhibitions Pvt Ltd of Chennai will jointly host a three-day bus & truck expo at the Hitex exhibition centre here from .
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RAILWAYS
Rly Ministry seeks Rs 3,000 cr from Plan Panel
IN order to accelerate the completion of various projects and increase the outlay under Special Railway Safety Fund (SRSF), the Ministry of Railways has sought around Rs 3,000 crore from the Planning Commission. This is in addition to the annual ...
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SCR freight loading up 9%
THE South Central Railway (SCR) has registered freight loading of 15.52 million tonnes during the April-July period against 14.24 million tonnes during the corresponding period in the previous financial year, showing a growth of 9 per ...
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ROADWAYS
RoadWaves launches vehicle tracking device
ROADWAVES Wireless Technologies (P) Ltd has launched Markker, a vehicle tracking device. The device can be connected to the battery of a vehicle and help track the vehicle's location and the speed at which it is moving. According to Mr Suresh ...
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Mangalore goods transport union to join all-India strike
THE Mangalore Goods Transport Association has decided to join the nationwide indefinite strike of road transport operators, called by the All-India Motor Transport Congress, the Federation of Karnataka Lorry Owners and Agents Association and the ...
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