LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Etihad Airways begins India operations
ETIHAD Airways, the national airline of UAE, has launched its India operations with a daily services from Abu Dhabi to Mumbai. The first scheduled flight between Abu Dahbi and Mumbai took off on September 26. The airline plans to start a ...
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SHIPPING
Sethusamudram project draws flak from environmentalists
THE Sethusamudram project, envisaging the much-awaited maritime shortcut between the East and West coasts of the Indian sub continent, has invited the wrath of environmentalists, with the Mumbai-based Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) coming ...
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Development of transport sector high on KCCI agenda
THE Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) seems to be giving high priority for the development transport sector in Mangalore. Expansion of the New Mangalore Port, development of the Old Mangalore Port into a general cargo port and the ...
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SOFTWARE
Cognizant system for Ford
CHENNAI: Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp, provider of information technology (IT) services, has developed a port management system for Ford to support vehicle tracking, vehicle prioritisation and cost management for Ford's Japan ...
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Safexpress expanding warehousing capacity
SAFEXPRESS Pvt Ltd, market leader in the Indian logistics industry, is expanding its warehousing capacity by around 50 per cent to 3 million square feet at an estimated investment of Rs 4 crore. The expansion is being done in and around Delhi, ...
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Want groceries? Go to the post office
POST offices in your neighbourhood may never be the same. In a complete revamp of its operations, the postal department is now looking at foraying into the retail sector through strategic tie-ups with large FMCG companies to sell anything from ...
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EVENTS
World Maritime Day celebration in Kochi today
THE marine community in Kochi is to celebrate the World Maritime Day on Thursday to highlight the goals and objectives of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) as well as to create awareness on the positive and vital role played by the ...
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RAILWAYS
Karaikudi-Tiruchi BG work
MADURAI: The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, inaugurated the broad gauge conversion works between Karaikudi and Tiruchi, ata function held at the Karaikudi Railway Junction recently. The work is part of the 151-km stretch ...
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ROADWAYS
Expressway - A road of discord that divides the State
THE proposed `express highway' connecting both ends of Kerala has had people of the State literally divided on its two sides: lined up on one side are those who oppose it; on the other are those who want it. Over the past couple of months, the ...
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Natpac to set up highway engineering lab
THE National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (Natpac) is in the process of setting up a highway engineering laboratory in what is essentially a `lab-to-road' foray being envisaged by an autonomous R&D institution under the State ...
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