LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Air Deccan plans road shows to lure investment
AIR Deccan, the country's sole low-cost airline, plans to hold road-shows in London and Singapore later this month in an effort to woo potential investors. The airlines Managing Director, Captain G.R. Gopinath, said that the airline had ...
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Air Deccan against hike in entry-level barriers
THE Union Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Praful Patel, today met the top brass of the three private airlines - Air Deccan, Air Sahara and Jet Airways - to get their views on the civil aviation sector. At the meeting, private players were ...
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Cabinet okays changes in Bangalore airport agreement
THE Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the language-related modifications proposed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation in the `Concession Agreement' to be signed by the Bangalore International Authority Ltd (BIAL) and the Government. Sources said ...
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HAL allows transfer of civilian traffic to new Bangalore airport
HINDUSTAN Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) airport has agreed to allow transfer of civilian domestic traffic to the proposed Bangalore International Airport, smoothening the take off of the much-delayed project. This was one of the major technical ...
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TN chamber for expansion of Madurai airport
A DELEGATION of Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry led by the President, Mr S. Rethinavelu, met Mr Praful Patel, Minister for State for Civil Aviation, last week at New Delhi and emphasised the need for early completion of Madurai ...
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Singapore to spend $50 m on IT platform for logistics
SINGAPORE announced a $50-million investment to set up an integrated IT platform that will enable better exchange of information among the different players in the logistics trade. The proposed platform, for which tendering will start in the ...
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SHIPPING
Sethusamudram project report likely to be ready by Nov
THE Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Mr T.R. Baalu, has said that he hoped the detailed project report for the proposed Sethusamudram canal project would be ready by end-November. Mr Baalu declined to go into details ...
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Iron ore movement by road — Truckers may settle for lower freight rate
THE transportation of iron ore by trucks from the mines in Barbil to Paradip port in Orissa has remained suspended for the past several days. The road transport operators are protesting against the exporters' insistence on lower road freight, ...
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Ministry reverses decision on Concor's role in Paradip Port
FOLLOWING protests from private container terminal operators, the Shipping Ministry has reversed its earlier decision allowing state-owned Container Corporation of India Ltd (Concor) to handle containers at Paradip Port. After reviewing the ...
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Water transport workers protest move to privatise Rajiv Gandhi box terminal
THE Water Transport Workers Federation of India has demanded that the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal of the Kochi port, which generates an annual operating surplus of Rs 25 crore, should not be privatised at any cost. In a memorandum submitted ...
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RAILWAY BUDGET
TN grain merchants' pre-budget plea to Railway Minister
THE Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association (TFMA) has stressed on the laying of a double line between Chennai and Madurai, to be extended up to Kanyakumari in course of time, in a pre-budget memorandum to the Union Minister of Railways Mr ...
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RAILWAYS
Potters elated
THE potters of Manamadurai, near here, are an enthused lot because of the order by the Railway Minister, Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav to use earthen cups for serving tea to passengers. According to Mr L. Vadivelu, Special Officer of the Manamadurai ...
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ROADWAYS
Pvt sector participation in road sector to continue: Baalu
PRIVATE investment in the road sector will continue to receive attention, according to the Union Minister for Road Transport and Shipping, Mr T.R. Baalu. "The private participation will be there until such time the Government had surplus funds ...
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`Vehicle emissions largest source of lead exposure'
LEAD is a cumulative neurotoxin that impairs brain development among children, but that hasn't prevented at least 43 per cent of the countries, for which data was available, from continuing to use leaded gasoline as transport fuel. This has ...
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