LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Qantas relaunches services to India
QANTAS, the national carrier of Australia, is keen to increase its capacity into India. The airline is also looking at flying to more points within the country. The airline resumed its services to the country after a gap of two years with a ...
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Govt seeks `reconfigured' fleet acquisition plan from IA
THE fleet acquisition plan of Indian Airlines (IA) will be forwarded to the Public Investment Board (PIB) for clearance only after the Government receives a "reconfigured plan" from the airline. Scotching rumours that the IA fleet acquisition ...
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More flights to Gulf sector
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Air India is in the process of adding extra seats/flights to Dubai and Saudi Arabia in a bid to clear the post-Onam rush of passengers returning to their workplaces. Announcing this, Mr R. Ghosh, Manager, AI, ...
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SHIPPING
IPBC shipments to Europe — Tea shippers unhappy over increase in freight costs
THE member lines belonging to IPBC (India/Pakistan/Bangladesh /Ceylon) Conference, serving the trade route between the Indian sub-continent and the UK/Europe, have slapped a currency adjustment factor at the rate of 7.3 per cent of the basic ...
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Govt sets up SPV for Sethusamudram project
THE Government today decided to set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for implementing the Rs 2,000-crore Sethusamudram project which involves the commissioning of a navigable channel from Gulf of Mannar to Bay of Bengal through the Palk Bay. ...
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Scene of action
A panoramic view of the Vallarpadam island from Kochi port. A container transhipment terminal is to be built in the island on BOT basis. The Rs 2,000-crore project has been awarded to Dubai Port International. The project is expected to transform ...
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EVENTS
GPO Mumbai turns 100
An inside view of the General Post Office (GPO) in Mumbai which has turned 100. The GPO was designed in 1902 by John Begg, consulting architect to the British Government. The construction began on September 1, 1904 and was completed on March 31, ...
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RAILWAYS
New Concor rates expensive, confusing: NISAA
TRADE and shipping lines have protested the Railway Ministry's decision to introduce the telescopic cost structure for movement of containers by the state-owned Container Corporation of India Ltd (Concor). Following a circular issued by the ...
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ROADWAYS
New Customs directive affects cargo movement at major LCS in Bengal
CLEARANCE of cargo-laden export trucks (most of them carrying perishable and other agri commodities) at some of the major Land Customs Stations (LCS) in West Bengal such as Petrapole, Hili and Mahadipur, which together account for exports of over ...
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Insurers to help police tackle fake claims
THE nationalised general insurance companies are working on a proposal to provide infrastructural support to Tamil Nadu's CB-CID (Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department) to investigate dubious motor insurance claims. An industry ...
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Delhi drivers to get training from Leyland
IN an effort to make the Capital's roads safer, the Delhi Government on Thursday signed an agreement with Ashok Leyland for setting up a training institute for drivers of heavy vehicles. The joint venture institute, for which the agreement was ...
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