The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 12, 2007

AIR CARGO
Blue Dart plans Rs 22-cr expansion in South
Blue Dart Express, the air express, courier and package distribution company, has earmarked nearly half its planned infrastructure expansion for the year in the South. Announcing the inauguration of a 21,750-sq ft warehouse facility in Chennai, ... More

SHIPPING
Vizag Steel mulls barge movement of products
Move will entail lower landed cost at stockyards compared to rail More

Chennai port lines up Rs 1,500-cr investments
Clocks 13% rise in cargo handling last fiscal More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Jet, Sahara maintained constant contact
Jet Airways and Air Sahara might have been bitter rivals during the last nine months since the buyout deal between the two fell through in June 2006 but even during this period the backroom channels were kept open. Sources familiar with the ... More

Jet, Sahara — Announcement on deal today
The much-awaited draft of the new Jet-Sahara deal, which was to have been submitted to the arbitrators on Wednesday, has been delayed by another day. With lot of changes being made in the original share purchase agreement, it was not possible ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Port workers sign pact with management
For new productivity-linked reward scheme More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
CEBBCO plans facility for refrigerated panel vans
CEBBCO plans to introduce refrigerated panel vans based on sandwiched panel technology. The company has decided to set up a Rs 10-crore facility at Jabalpur with machinery imported from France and it will be ready by October, Mr Ajay Gupta, ... More

RAILWAYS
Eastern Rly targets 12% growth in box traffic
Eastern Railway (ER) hopes to achieve a 12 per cent growth in containerised traffic in 2007-08, almost the same as in 2006-07. "This year we'll be handling more boxes because of the higher base," according to Mr H.K. Padhee, Chief Operations ... More

Land acquisition woes may delay Metro Rail's Garia project
A delay in the completion of the Tollygunje-Garia extension (8.5 km mainly on elevated tracks) work of Metro Rail, Kolkata is likely owing to land acquisition problems, with the Appellate Authority not available for taking up the appeals arising ... More

ROADWAYS
Road for improvement
BIRD'S EYE VIEW: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority has planed six major schemes to improve the city's road infrastructure. They include flyovers at some important points, widening and extension of Kalyani Dum Dum expressway, ... More

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