The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, October 08, 2003

20 drowned in boat capsize
AT least 20 people, including 12 women and three children, were drowned when an overcrowded country boat capsized in the River Krishna near the island village of Gollalmanda in Nagayalanka mandal of Krishna district Tuesday morning. Police said ... More

AIRLINES

Qatar Airways passes IOSA safety audit
QATAR Airways has passed the new International Air Transport Associations (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), with 100 per cent compliance. A company release quoting the Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer, Mr Akbar Al Baker, said: "We ... More

Air Canada to re-launch India services from Oct 18
THE Canadian airlines, Air Canada, which has advanced the launch of its non-stop daily flight on the Toronto-Delhi-Toronto sector by a week, is also looking at working with Air India to have a code-share flight on the Honking-Vancouver ... More

STOCKS

Shipping stocks sail on firm freight rates
WITH the global freight market continuing to firm up since the second half of last fiscal, stocks of the shipping companies have been on a bull run on the bourses since April this year. With most of the shipping companies, including the ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

`UPS exchange collect' to lessen shippers' woes
THE all-too-familiar cry of shippers citing the `minimum 5-6 weeks" time to get their payments paid by the consignee may become a thing of the past, thanks to a `synchronisation of commerce' being attempted by United Parcel Service (UPS) which ... More

EVENTS

CII online journal to offer freight rates
THE Confederation of Indian Industry will launch an online journal offering freight rates and news service. An initiative of the CII Institute of Logistics, the online journal — More

Ships in Ports

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