LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Private airlines' Gulf flights not for now
PRIVATE sector domestic airlines will have to wait a while longer to take off for the Gulf region, although they will be allowed to operate to other international destinations earlier. Official sources told Business Line that an official ...
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CISF to launch passenger feedback scheme
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will be launching a passenger feedback scheme at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport from Wednesday to December 8. An official spokesman said here that the scheme ...
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INSIGHT
Kulhads, khadi and kambals in Railways
LAST WEEK, I had occasion to travel by rail from North to South and from East to West. I was looking forward to witness the effect of the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav's innovation of tea and curd being served ...
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SHIPPING
Pipavav Port deal: Modi-Madsen meet inconclusive
A MEETING between the Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi and the Managing Director, Maersk India Pvt Ltd, Mr Hans Ole Madsen, in Gandhinagar on Tuesday to sort out certain key issues relating to the acquisition of additional shares in ...
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Space shortage in mother vessels hits Indian shippers
SHORTAGE of space in container mother vessels (providing direct sailings among international major ports) is affecting Indian shippers, even as the imbalance between supply of cargo and demand for space is widening. Most of the Christmas and ...
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Baalu for sharing scientific facts on Sethusamudram
THE implementation of the Sethusamudram Canal project is essential not only for the overall development of the nation but also from the national security angle, the Union Minister for Shipping, Mr T.R. Baalu, has said. Expressing a willingness ...
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Mercator acquires Suezmax tanker
MERCATOR Lines Ltd, the third largest private shipping company in India operating in the liquid bulk segment, has executed a Memorandum of Agreement to acquire a second-hand Suezmax tanker of about 1.50 lakh DWT. The vessel is expected to join ...
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Temasek picks up 10 pc stake in Gateway Distriparks
ARANDA Investments (Mauritius) Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd, has picked up a 10 per cent stake in Gateway Distriparks Ltd (GDL), a port-based logistics services company providing container freight ...
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Postal grievances handling
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Department of Posts has announced that the public can lodge complaints on banking, mail, counter or any other service with the Superintendent of Post Offices of the concerned Postal Division. An official ...
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RAILWAYS
Rise in small sponge iron units — Zonal rlys find it tough to meet demand for wagons
THE mushrooming of small sponge iron units, the capacity ranging between 50 tonnes and 300 tonnes annually in each unit, in certain pockets of West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand has rendered the issue of wagon allotment a complex subject for the ...
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Rlys freight revenue up 9.36 pc during Apr-Oct
THE Indian Railways earned Rs 16,865.39 crore by carrying 336.20 million tonnes of revenue earning freight traffic during the first seven months of the current fiscal ending October, notching an increase of 9.36 per cent compared to the ...
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