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Complexities of air cargo
The size of the world air cargo market is estimated at 27 million tonnes, valued at $200 billion. Our airports could hope to cope with the challenges to be thrown up by the projected increase in cargo traffic provided several problems are adequately addressed.
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Building real castles in the air
IN the next few years, air travellers will have the choice of travelling in two brand new aircraft model. The fact that the European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus Industrie, is already working on readying the more than ...
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IA in talks with freight operators to transport cargo
THE state-owned domestic carrier, Indian Airlines (IA), has started a "dialogue" with other freight operators to utilise the space available with them for transporting cargo that the airline finds economically unviable. "We have started a ...
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Embraer plans demo flights in India
IN an effort familiarise the Indian market to its aircraft, Embraer, the world's fourth-largest commercial aircraft manufacturer, will be holding demonstration flights of its new 70-seater Embraer-170 aircraft in Delhi and Mumbai in April this ...
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IA offer for Kovai sector
COIMBATORE: Indian Airlines has extended the validity period of its promotional fare scheme on the Chennai-Coimbatore-Chennai sector up to March 31. In a communication, Mr G. Ramani Kumar, Area Marketing Manager, Indian Airlines, ...
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SHIPPING
Box terminal project — Kandla takes initiative, invites tender
After several delays and about-turns, the Kandla port has taken the initiative to revive its much-delayed Rs 200-crore box terminal project, calling for technical and financial proposals from bidders. The terminal's USP is that the port has over 1 mi llion sq km of hinterland and is the `gateway' for the granaries of Punjab and Harayana and the rich industrial belt of west and north India.
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Renovated Hooghly bank stretch opened
The KoPT is at present working to renovate 40 more bathing ghats on both banks of the River Hooghly in Kolkata and Howrah.
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Kochi port container terminal: 7 qualify for further bidding
AS many as seven firms have qualified for further bidding for the proposed international container transhipment terminal project of the Kochi Port after the evaluation of the requests for qualifications (RFQ) received from prospective ...
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Ennore Port project to handle iron ore
ENNORE Port Ltd and MMTC Ltd will together set up a temporary iron ore handling facility at the Ennore Port. The foundation stone was laid here on Saturday for the project by the Union Shipping Minister, Mr Shatrughan Sinha. The project is ...
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Container terminal work in Kochi
KOCHI: The Chairman of the Kochi Port, Dr Jacob Thomas, has said that all hurdles in the way of establishing the international container transhipment terminal will be removed. He warned that the development potential of the State would be ...
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