The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 24, 2006

AIRLINES
A historic take-off
A few days ago, a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane belonging to China Airlines, Taiwan's biggest carrier, flew from Taipei to Shanghai, marking the first direct cargo flight between the island and the Chinese mainland. With this, the 56-year-old ban ... More

SHIPPING
Container demand to surpass port capacity in 2010: Study
With containerised cargo growing at a faster rate than port capacity the world over, a research report has projected that there will be a gap in the container demand and availability of port capacity around 2010. Additional port capacity will ... More

Road to Vallarpadam box terminal
Land acquisition gathers pace More

Towards a maritime Kerala
If Kerala's long-standing container transhipment projects do take off, it could well accelerate the State's movement into a robust maritime economy. More

West Asian ports may attract cargo surcharge
If the reports doing the rounds in shipping circles are any indication, the strife-torn West Asian ports may attract cargo surcharge as several leading shipping lines of the world are considering a levy on cargo transported to countries in the ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE
Tata AIG ties up with Audatex
Tata AIG General Insurance Company Ltd has tied up with Audatex India to provide online motor claim settlement solution. Audatex India will offer Tata AIG General the Web-based, fully integrated solution, AudaEnterprise, which ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Dock workers plan protest
The port and dock workers across the country under various trade unions have decided to observe July 25 as `protest day' and organise rallies to press for, among other things, a scientific basis for determining the gang and crew strength needed ... More

INTERVIEW
`We are embarking on aggressive marketing of our services'
"We've appointed four franchisees all over the country to market our services. The network utilisation too has increased substantially." — MR K. K. BAJPEYEE, MANAGING DIRECTOR, RAILTEL CORPORATION More

RAILWAYS
Railways gets higher discount for diesel
Discount for this year is higher by Rs 90 per kilolitre More

WAG 7 suited for the K-K terrain
A study of loco characteristics by the East Coast Railway reveals that WAG-7 will be suited for hauling loaded trains along the 446-km K-K line (Kottavalasa-Kirandul section) as it would offer the right powering with respect to the trailing load, ... More

ROADWAYS
Cos may get respite from paying service tax on goods transport
Companies paying service tax on goods transport agency services may finally be allowed to avail themselves of abatement on such services. The issue of abatement on goods transport agency services has been mired in legal tangle over the last one ... More

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