The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 24, 2002

Bangalore airport to miss date for financial closure — Changes in AAI Act awaited
"We will now be trying to achieve both, the CA and the financial closure, somewhat in parallel," Mr Krishna Kumar, who is on the board of Bangalore International Airport Ltd, said. More

SHIPPING

India Steamship to acquire 5 carriers on charter hire
INDIA Steamship Company (ISS), a K K Birla group shipping company, will shortly acquire on charter hire five specialised carriers — one gas carrier and four chemicals carriers — in addition to an outright purchase of one second-hand ... More

NMPT sets record in furnace oil exports
THE New Mangalore Port has now set another record with the largest parcel size of furnace oil having been exported through the port. According to a press release issued here by the NMPT Traffic Manager, MT Candia M called on the port on August ... More

RAILWAYS

Joy ride
Over 50 orphan children, VIPs and the general public enjoyed a joy ride in this steam locomotive to commemorate 150 years of the Railways in Bangalore on Friday. The train, hitherto stationed at the Rail Museum in New Delhi, has come to the city ... More

SCR to introduce new trains
HYDERABAD: The South Central Railway (SCR) is set to introduce new trains No. 2078/2077 Jan Shatabdi Expresses between Vijayawada and Chennai Egmore from August 26. The trains will run on all days except Tuesday (for maintenance) in ... More

ROADWAYS

IEA lauds `bus rapid transit' systems
TRANSPORT is the fastest-growing energy-consuming sector worldwide. Rapidly increasing population and vehicle usage have created gridlock and sprawl, even in very poor cities, as well as unacceptably high levels of pollution, noise and accident ... More

Ships in Ports

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