The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 02, 2008

LOGISTICS

RAILWAYS: Indian Railways inks pact with Punjab for luxury train service
State wants haulage charges waived; will try to ‘defer’ payment: Lalu. New Delhi, Oct. 1 The Punjab Government and Tourism Ministry have requested Indian Railways to waive off haulage charges during the initial two-three years for ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Concern over Haldia dock crisis due to poor navigability of Hooghly
Kolkata, Oct. 1 The crisis facing Haldia dock due to the declining navigability of the Hooghly River near the dock was discussed threadbare at a seminar organised by the Hillary Institute of Kolkata Port ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Infotech, Bombardier extend service contract
Hyderabad, Oct. 1 Infotech Enterprises Ltd has extended its partnership with ...

PEOPLE: New Railway Board member
Mr Shri Prakash on Wednesday took over as the Member, Traffic, Railway Board. He replaces Mr V.N. Mathur who retired on Tuesday. Mr Prakash, who was the General Manager in Northern Railways, is an officer of 1972 batch of Indian Railway ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Lanco consortium gets LI for Vizhinjam port
Lanco Infratech Ltd has secured a letter of intent (LI) from the Kerala Government for development of the Rs 8,300 crore Vizhinjam International Transhipment Terminal ...

ROADWAYS: ‘Green corridor’ in highways planned; ‘no toll’ charges for farmers
The Ministry of Shipping and Road Transport is considering having a ‘green corridor’ in highways exclusively for farmers with ‘no toll’ ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Gujarat Pipavav Port files for IPO
Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd (GPPL), the developer and operator of Pipavav port, the country’s first private sector port, has filed its draft red herring prospectus with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for an initial ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Mumbai, Marseille-Fos ports sign pact
Mumbai, Oct. 1 The Mumbai Port Trust and Port of Marseille Authority on Tuesday concluded a sister port agreement with the cardinal objective of fostering experience-sharing in the areas of engineering, management, security and ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Kerala inland waterway project stays in limbo
Kochi, Oct. 1 The World Bank-assisted Rs 61-crore inland water transport development project started about five years ago appears to have been abandoned ...

OUTLOOK: Cooch-Behar airport to resume flight operations from Jan
Kolkata, Oct. 1 The Cooch-Behar airport will resume flight operations from January as the modernisation of the airport is expected to be completed by the year-end, Mr P.K. Singhal, Regional Executive Director, Airports Authority of India ...

PEOPLE: Deshmukh is new Managing Director for HAL MiG unit
Bangalore, Oct. 1 Mr Prakash Vithalrao Deshmukh has taken charge as the new Managing Director of HAL’s MiG Complex (Nasik and Koraput divisions) from October 1, a release ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Shanghai Puhai new service
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