The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 12, 2008

LOGISTICS

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS: Haldia Dock officers’ forum disputes Kolkata Port Trust claims
Says performance of port not as rosy as projected. Kolkata, Aug 11 Kolkata Port Trust and the Haldia Dock Officers’ Forum, it appears, are at loggerheads over the state of health of the ...

AIRLINES: Offline air travel agents to shut shop on Thursday
In protest against ‘zero commission’ regime; online agents yet to decide. Mumbai, Aug. 11 It might be prudent to make one’s airline bookings and enquiries before August 14. ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Progress in container handling at JNPT
The accumulation of uncleared containers within the port premises of Jawaharlal Nehru port, known as pendency problem, is no longer a matter of concern to shippers, shipping lines and others. The accumulation is currently estimated at 5,000 TEUs, ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Loading operations back to normal

ROADWAYS: Radio taxi

SHIPPING/PORTS: Shipping secy visits NMP
The Union Shipping Secretary, Mr A P V N Sarma, visited New Mangalore Port on Saturday and reviewed the progress of various works. Mr Sarma inaugurated two warehouses for fertiliser cargo at the port. He also commissioned the railway line inside ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: HAL plans electronics facility at Kinfra park
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 11 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is planning to set up a strategic electronics manufacturing facility in the Kinfra Industrial Park in Kerala’s Kasargod district. ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Volvo Ocean Race takes part in eco project
Kochi, Aug. 11 The Volvo Ocean Race is taking part in a pioneering project aimed at finding out how the oceans have been affected by ships’ exchanging billions of tonnes of ballast ...

ROADWAYS: Approval for Rs 10,507-cr worth highway projects
New Delhi, Aug. 8 The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) can now initiate the process to invite bids for about Rs 10,500-crore worth projects with the Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) approving 10 projects. ...

MODERNISATION: ‘Kolkata, Chennai airports modernisation from Sept’
New Delhi, Aug. 11 The proposed modernisation of Kolkata and Chennai airports will mostly begin next month, with the detailed project report for both having been submitted to the Government for its approval, the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr ...

RAILWAYS: Rail freight earnings up 25%
Indian Railways carried 270.69 million tonne (mt) of freight traffic during April-July period this fiscal, up 9.42 per cent against the 247.39 mt carried in the same period last fiscal. The loadings volume growth rate, is however, lower than the ...