The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 06, 2002

Kochi-Coimbatore-Karur pipeline: Moving fuel efficiently
IT is a major achievement spanning the 300 kilometres between Kochi to Karur. Trial runs for the Petronet CCK pipeline linking Kochi-Coimbatore-Karur were successfully completed on March 31. Now the fuel products of Kochi Refineries Limited ... More

SHIPPING

CIWTC: Waiting for a revival wave
A WHIFF of fresh air appears to be sweeping through the corridors of the ailing Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC), the public sector river transport company under the administrative control of the Shipping Ministry. After several ... More

Increasing the share of inland waterways
To make waterways an effective alternative to road and rail, IWAI proposes to focus on issues such as building mechanised cargo terminals on river banks and upgrading vessel building technology. More

Throughput shortfall in major ports
THOUGH there was marginal growth in the combined throughput of all the major ports last fiscal, compared to the previous financial year, the total traffic fell short of the target set by the Ministry of Shipping. Vizag port, which emerged as ... More

Drop Manakkodam SBM plan, TUs tell CM
THE representatives of Cochin Thuramugha Samrakshana Samithi, a joint forum of port trade unions, have met the Chief Minister, Mr A.K. Antony, and requested him to cancel the notification declaring Manakkodam area as a minor port, with a view to ... More

ROADWAYS

Steps to bust extortion rackets at LCS points
THE West Bengal government suddenly seems to have become highly proactive with regard to export promotion in the state. And this augurs well for the State's exporting community, which has for quite some time now been facing infrastructure related ... More

Ships in Ports

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