The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Indian cities on Emirates' Moscow service
THE Dubai-based Emirates Airline will commence non-stop services to Moscow from July 1. The five-weekly service will connect with its existing flights from Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi. According to Emirates, the airline will ... More

Of SARS forms, landing lines & missing luggage
We can blame our Civil Aviation Ministry and the Airport Authority of India for any number of ills at our airports. But what happens when an airline as efficient as Lufthansa "forgets" to board landing cards onto its flight? More

SHIPPING

Kochi Port trailer workers continue stir
THE stalemate over the turn system at Kochi Port resorted to by a limited section of trailer workers continued for the second day today, hampering the movement of containers to and from the port. The informal meeting convened by the port ... More

SCI signs pact with Hyundai for building two crude carriers
EVEN as the Government is scouting for a buyer for its 51 per cent stake in Shipping Corporation of India, the shipping line on Saturday signed a deal with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd for building two very large crude carriers. (VLCCs) The ... More

Sandheads becoming unsafe
THE Hooghly River, it appears, is increasingly becoming unsafe for ships and their crew. m.v. Fortune Carriers, carrying the Belize flag and 5,200 tonnes of logs, is sinking in the Sandheads, the mouth of the Hooghly River. All 20 crew on ... More

Haldia Dock aims at higher container throughput
HALDIA Dock Complex (HDC) under Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) targets a higher container throughput in 2003-04 as compared to 2002-03. The target for the current fiscal has been set at more than 1,25,000 TEUs as compared to 1,17,153 TEUs in the last ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

AI Charters plans to recruit 150 flight attendants
AIR India Charters Ltd (AICL), a 100 per cent subsidiary of Air India (AI), plans to recruit 150 airline attendants on a contractual basis to undertake flying and ground duties in Kochi, for what could be the launch of a low-cost international ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

DHL to handle logistics for FSI
DHL Express will handle logistics for FSI International Inc, a global supplier of manufacturing equipment to the semiconductor industry, in Europe and the Asia Pacific. Under the agreement, DHL will serve as FSI's third party logistics provider ... More

RAILWAYS

Ludhiana rail fire inquiry `inconclusive'
THE statutory inquiry into the fire in the Golden Temple Express near Ludhiana in Punjab last month that claimed 36 lives has not been able to identify the cause of the tragedy. The Commissioner of Railway Safety (North-Eastern Circle), Mr ... More

ROADWAYS

Technical, financial bids sought for Outer Ring Road
THE Outer Ring Road project, in the Chennai Metropolitan Area, once showcased as a major urban infrastructure project by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, has been given a fresh lease of life with the Tamil Nadu Road Development ... More

Ships in Ports

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