Transport
From ship classification to quality control...A register that is adding new lines
WHEN THE Indian Register of Shipping (IRS), an internationally-recognised independent ship classification society, was founded in 1975, the competitors abroad did not give it five years, given the then heavily competitive market.

NHAI's new route to funding road projects
THE NATIONAL Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has started the annuity and shadow-tolling methods of implementing highway projects by inviting prospective private operators to develop the 64-km four-laning work on Panagarh-Palsit section on NH-2 in West Bengal on a `build-operate-transfer' (BOT) basis on annuity tolling mode.

ON THE MOVE: SCI going places
THE SHIPPING Corporation of India is all set to launch the direct mainline container service to the US east coast, initially in partnership with Contship. If the service proves a hit, there are indications that other European lines too might join the con sortium. A success might prompt the state-owned shipping company to offer more direct services to other destinations.

SCI going places
THE SHIPPING Corporation of India is all set to launch the direct mainline container service to the US east coast, initially in partnership with Contship. If the service proves a hit, there are indications that other European lines too might join the con sortium. A success might prompt the state-owned shipping company to offer more direct services to other destinations.

Port corporatisation -- Just delaying privatisation?
THE government's recent decision to divest part of its equity holding in the state-owned Indian Airlines (IA) and Air-India (AI) appears to be driving sentiment in port developers' circles on the subject of major port corporatisation.

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