The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 25, 2003

Air Deccan plane catches fire after flag-off
A MINOR fire incident `grounded' the maiden flight of Air Deccan, the country's first `low-cost' private airliner from Hyderabad to Vijayawada today, even as Mr Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu, ... More

SHIPPING

Policy on setting up of SBM at major ports on anvil
A POLICY on setting up single buoy mooring (SBM) facility at major ports in the country to evacuate the crude cargo cheaply and quickly is on the anvil. The Shipping Secretary, Mr D.T. Joseph, had directed his officials last month to come up ... More

Concern over new port security norms
THE new ISPS (International Ship and Port Security) Code will have implications on the entire shipping industry. To be effective from July 2004, the ISPS code puts in place new security measures on ships and at ports. The new regulation would ... More

ROADWAYS

Ministry finalises plan on non-NHDP projects
THE Ministry of Road Transport and Highways have finalised plans to implement four-laning of 10,000 km of national highways which are outside the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) on build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis as announced ... More

`Land buying hassles hit road schemes'
DIFFICULTIES associated with acquisition of land for widening of national highways in several States have hindered the progress of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), the Union Ministry for Road Transport & Highways, Mr B.C. ... More

Ships in Ports

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