LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Air Sahara to fly Bangalore-Colombo daily
AIR Sahara, which is to launch daily operations between Chennai and Colombo from March 22, plans to start a daily flight on the Bangalore-Colombo sector from April 8, the airlines Chief Executive Officer, Mr U.K. Bose, said on Thursday. "We ...
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Govt likely to extend open sky policy by a month
IN an effort to facilitate hassle-free peak season air travel to and from India, the Government is likely to extend the limited open sky policy by a month till the end of April this year. Official sources told Business Line that a final ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Ministry clears Bangalore airport project — BIAL seeks review of draft version of concession pact
THE good news on the Bangalore international airport is that the Ministry of Defence has given the green signal. But agony and uncertainty do not seem to leave the Greenfield private-promoted project alone. The Cabinet-approved draft version ...
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SHIPPING
Ship owners decline to cut handling charges
THE Association of Shipping Interests in Calcutta (ASIC), the body of ship owners and shipping agents operating through Kolkata dock system and Haldia dock, has turned down the request of the Eastern India Shippers Association (EISA), the body of ...
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Maersk-Concor bid for JNPT box terminal cleared
THE board of trustees of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has approved the highest revenue share bid of 35.503 per cent submitted by the Maersk-Concor team for building and operating a new container terminal at the premier container port in ...
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Charting a new course
With the completion of the Goshree Bridges, Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation plans to deploy its jankars in the Ernakulam-Mattanchery sector soon and to shift its motor boats to other islands in the State. ...
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Mercator wins MRPL deal for 2nd year in a row
MERCATOR Lines Ltd (MLL) has bagged the annual contract from Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) for shipping the crude oil imported by the ONGC subsidiary from Iran for the next fiscal. The deal worth Rs 190 crore involves shipping ..
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RAILWAYS
National training institute for Rly accounts in AP
A NATIONAL-LEVEL training institute for Railway accounts is coming up at Secunderabad. The Rs 2.86-crore Centralised Academy for Railway Accounts (C-TARA) will become the second national-level Railway training institute at Secunderabad after ...
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ROADWAYS
Box trailers posing risk in Chennai
TRUCK operators and traffic police are worried about the increasing number of accidents involving container-laden trailers in the city and its suburbs. The operators say that there is almost one accident a day involving trucks carrying ...
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