The Hindu Business Line : Friday, July 01, 2005

Frankfinn airhostess institute proposes six overseas centres
FRANKFINN Institute of Airhostess Training is working on plans to open six overseas cabin crew training centres by the end of this year. One centre would be opened in Dubai, while another would be opened in Bahrain. Another four centres would ... More

AAI to strengthen Hubli runway
THE Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to strengthen the runway at Hubli airport at a cost of Rs 8 crore. Dr K. Ramalingam, AAI Regional Executive Director, Southern Region, Chennai, told newspersons here on Thursday that the runway ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Delhi, Mumbai airports modernisation — Govt may award contracts by November
THE Government will finalise the draft concession agreement for phase II of the national highway development programme on Friday and hopes to award bids for the modernisation and restructuring of Delhi and Mumbai airports by October-November this ... More

SHIPPING

India Gateway Terminal asked to reinstate special status for coir
THE Indian Coir Association has urged India Gateway Terminal Pvt Ltd (IGTPL), a subsidiary floated by Dubai Ports International for container terminal operations at Kochi Port, to reinstate the special status enjoyed by coir for low port tariffs. ... More

Cochin Shipyard official retires
KOCHI: Mr P.D. Mathew, Director (Finance) with the Cochin Shipyard Ltd, retired from service on Thursday . A statement issued here has said that the financial strategies adopted by Mr Mathew helped in turning around the loss-making ... More

Talks with port workers fail
MUMBAI: Talks to settle the seven-day old indefinite strike by the transport workers in Mumbai port have failed, crushing hopes of an early settlement. Over 1,500 port transport workers had gone on an indefinite strike from June 23 to ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

TCI net profit up 40 pc
TRANSPORT Corporation of India has recorded a profit after tax of Rs 10.55 crore in fiscal 2004-05, representing a 40 per cent growth on the Rs 7.53 crore posted in the previous year. The income from operations during the year was at Rs 735.89 ... More

RAILWAYS

Rlys to electrify sidings of SAIL plants
THE Railway Board has in principle agreed to undertake the electrification of railway sidings of steel plants under Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) as a means to curb detention of wagons in these plants. This follows the decision of the ... More

Railways announces freight sops
THE Indian Railways on Thursday announced tariff discounts for certain commodities moving in the under-utilised routes. The discounts will also be extended to the incremental loading of those commodities. The move is expected to benefit ... More

Eastern Railway upbeat
EASTERN Railway, operating in a congested route corridor traversing the three eastern States of West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand, expects to improve on the performance highs of 2004-05, both on the passenger and freight fronts. The railway, in ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Forbes Patvolk gets ISO certification
FORBES Patvolk, the shipping division of the Forbes Group, was awarded ISO 9001:2000 certificate from the Indian Register Quality Systems accredited by the RVA of Holland. This includes all shipping and port related activities for their 24 ... More

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