The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 16, 2007

AIR CARGO
Air-freight losing height
The global demand for airfreight continued to fall for the eighth consecutive month in February. According to the figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the growth in February was 2.4 per cent compared to three ... More

AIRLINES
Alliance may lease or buy 16 turbo-props
Currently seeking market info; plans to get them over the next 18 months More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Simpark hi-tech underground car parking system for Kolkata
Signs pact with Delhi Municipal Corporation too More

SHIPPING
India can be shipyard to the world
Indian companies, among the largest ship managers of international fleets, can offer efficient systems for technical management, manning and other safety-related operations. More

German shipping line sails to India
Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL), the German shipping line, is to enter the Indian market as also Asia for the first time in its 82-year history by participating as a vessel operator in New Europe Mascarene Oceania (Nemo) service in partnership with ... More

Mitsui to expand fleet
Mitsui OSK Line (MOL), the Japanese shipping major whose iron ore fleet now comprises 118 vessels, proposes to augment the fleet size by acquiring 44 more vessels of different capacities. Five of the proposed acquisitions will be of the capacity ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
How Jet Airways landed Air Sahara
SMS tracks the flight path More

RAILWAYS
SAIL's rail movement to increase 15% this year
South Eastern Railway will again handle bulk of SAIL's traffic this year, while East Coast Railway will post the highest growth More

Passengers' grouse against neglect of Waltair rail division
The Visakhapatnam-Waltair rail division is the mainstay of the East Coast Railway, with its headquarters at Bhubaneswar, as it grosses the maximum freight and passenger earnings in the zone. But there is a great deal of resentment against the ... More

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