LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Jet to introduce `one-fare' pass from today
JET Airways is to introduce a `one-fare' pass from Monday, which will allow a passenger four flights in economy class at Rs 24,000 while it will cost Rs. 33,000 for the business class. Besides, passengers also have the option of undertaking six ...
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Pochampally silk sarees for AI airhostesses
AIR-INDIA has received the first consignment of Pochampally `tie and dye' sarees from APCO (Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society Ltd), which will be worn by airhostesses on its flights shortly. The public sector air ...
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SHIPPING
PSA shows interest in Vizhinjam project
THE Port Authority of Singapore (PSA) has expressed interest to invest in the proposed Vizhinjam international deep-sea container terminal PSA's interest in the project was formally conveyed by a team of officials that met the Minister for ...
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Ministry asks DG Shipping to amend CoA norms
THE Shipping Ministry has advised the Director General of Shipping to amend the January 14, 2004 circular listing guidelines on the grant of licences to private domestic shipping companies for chartering ships on ...
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LNG transportation: New challenges for shipping sector
Going by the demand projections for natural gas in India, port and shipping sectors should gear up to handle huge LNG imports in the coming years.
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National Maritime Day — Plans full steam ahead
SELECTING a venue has never been a problem for the National Maritime Day celebration committee in Mumbai. But this year seems to be different. The event is being planned on a grand scale. The chief guest for the main ...
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Exporters to CIS urged to use corridor via Iran
IN keeping with the Commerce Ministry's Focus-CIS programme to recapture markets of the region in a big way, especially for engineering goods, exporters to the CIS region have now been urged to make greater use of the ...
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RAILWAYS
Freight and passenger corridors: A speed-revenue-connectivity matrix
FOR increasing system capacity, the Indian Railways is yet to look seriously at network expansion as one of the options. The road network increased from 4 lakh km at the time of Independence to around 32 lakh km now. It ...
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Katra-Faizabad rail bridge inaugurated
THE Prime Minister, Mr A.B. Vajpayee, has inaugurated a new 18-km-long rail bridge linking Katra and Faizabad on the River Sarayu in Uttar Pradesh. The Prime Minister also travelled on the new line in a special train from Katra to Faizabad. ...
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ROADWAYS
Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari road to be made four-lane
THE Union Minister for Surface Transport, Maj. Gen. (Retd) B.C. Khanduri, has said that the Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari stretch of the National Highway 47 would be upgraded to four-lane traffic under the Pradhan Mantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojana ...
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