The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 02, 2003

1 killed, 25 hurt as Magadh Exp derails
THE Patna-New Delhi Magadh Vikramshila Express derailed close to Buxar in Bihar in the early hours of Sunday. One person was killed and 25 were injured, nine of them seriously, as 14 coaches jumped track, according to Railway officials. The ... More

AIRLINES

IA sees increase in passenger traffic
THESE are happy times for the state owned airlines, Indian Airlines (IA). In the past five months IA has seen a steady increase in the average number of passengers carried daily by the airline. During May this year alone the average daily ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Railtel chalks out broadband plans
To commercially exploit the surplus bandwidth available, Railtel Corporation of India has chalked out an aggressive strategy. The Railways is trying to turn its investment for improving internal communication into a money spinning proposition. More

SHIPPING

Co-operation vital for security
MANY in the shipping community feel that shippers, freight forwarders, overseas vendors, transportation providers and government regulators should work together to create a multi-layered security web to identify potential terrorists seeking to ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Acquisition of Adani Container Terminal — P&O Ports now a force to reckon with
JIMMY Sarbh is unlikely to forget his 48th birthday, which he celebrated on May 15. On that day he signed a $195-million deal — probably the largest in the Indian port sector — on behalf of P&O Ports India, of which he is Director, to ... More

Box movement — Concor to start Delhi-Chennai service
The hassle-free movement of rail service in the corridor can negate the distance problem between Delhi and Chennai. This means boxes can be moved from Delhi to Chennai at approximately the same time as that between Delhi and Mumbai. More

NSIC's new consignment scheme
GOOD news for SSI exporters to Dubai. The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC), Chennai, has launched a consignment sale scheme, envisaging effective promotion of exports of SSI products/projects to West Asia and neighbouring ... More

RAILWAYS

White Paper on Safety of Railways — Little cause for alarm
While the need for maintaining high safety standards can hardly be over-emphasised, it is also true that the gigantic scale of operation of the Railways makes it almost impossible to bring down the risk level to zero. More

Ships in Ports

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