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To restart flights to Shanghai — Qantas to start Mumbai services
QANTAS Airlines has announced that it will commence non-stop services between Australia and Mumbai from September 1. The airline also plans to re-enter the Chinese market, with a service to Shanghai by the year-end. The Mumbai service would ...
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EoIs invited for Delhi, Mumbai airports revamp
THE dream of India having world-class airports has moved a step closer to becoming reality. The Government has invited expression of interest (EoI) for restructuring and modernisation of the airports in Delhi and Mumbai through private sector ...
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SHIPPING
Kakinada port iron ore handling row resolved
THE row over handling iron ore, raging for over a month between the deepwater port authorities on the one hand and the bage owners and port workers at the anchorage port on the other, has been resolved this week with the intervention of the ...
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New berth for dry bulk cargo at Haldia to be commissioned soon
A NEW berth, 4A, for handling dry bulk cargo, mainly imported coking coal for Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), is to be commissioned at Haldia dock on Monday by the Union Shipping Minister, Mr Shatrughan Sinha. Built on BOT basis by ...
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Slots for iron ore exporters at Chennai port from April 1
THE Chennai Port Trust will introduce, for the first time, a slot/quota system for iron-ore exporters from April 1 to deal with the problem of ships waiting at anchorage for shippers to line up cargo. The decision follows an order issued by the ...
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Oil industry seeks better port facilities
HIGH port charges, increasing congestion and constraints for ship operations at ports are increasingly spreading ripples of concern across the oil industry, as these factors are gnawing at their bottom lines. With the country likely to witness ...
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
FedEx Express' new freighter schedule `received well'
FEDEX Express' decision to push back the departure of its freighter by a couple of hours has received a positive response from its customers, who have more time to plan their shipments. Secondly, the secondary markets such as Pune, Hyderabad and ...
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RAILWAYS
Getting Railways on track
THE leviathan Indian Railways has become too unwieldy to keep pace with the dramatic changes happening in the economy. With too much of centralisation in its policymaking and administration, its response to the change ...
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ROADWAYS
HIV awareness to be made mandatory for driving licences
THE Government might stipulate an awareness of AIDSmandatory for those seeking driving licence in the State, said the Transport Minister, Mr R. Viswanathan, while launching a project `En vazhkai en kaiyil' (My life my choice), in the city ...
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