LOGISTICS
INFRASTRUCTURE
International airport near Pune may get green signal
THE Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, said here on Sunday his Ministry is preparing to give in-principle clearance for an international airport at Chakan near Pune, which will be a greenfield project put up with private ...
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SHIPPING
Dredging can bring up big business for Indian flags
The national dredging sector feels that the Government, considering the huge payout involved in dredging, should reserve the sector for the national flag and the Indian companies must have at least 76 per cent equity stake in any dredging venture.
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Ensuring problem-free gateways for exporters
Given the global focus on India and China, India needs to ensure that it stays on target. Having raised the export bar, it has to make radical changes to deal with bottlenecks in the export sector infrastructure. And Indian ports must offer the expor ter problem-free gateways.
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Essar pitches for Shell LNG shipping contract
SORE at being left out by the Government from an emerging consortium of Shipping Corporation of India, Great Eastern Shipping and Varun Shipping for transporting LNG to Shell's re-gasification terminal at Hazira, the Ruias-promoted Essar Shipping ...
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AP Govt to waive Rs 42-cr sales tax — Hindustan Shipyard likely to be revived: Baalu
THE Hindustan Shipyard in Visakhapatnam is likely to be revived with the Andhra Pradesh Government agreeing to waive Rs 42 crore of sales tax for the sick unit. The Ministry of Shipping is also considering contributing another Rs 45-50 crore ...
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Samsung to improve efficiency of supply chain management
WHILE the introduction of value-added tax (VAT) in the country is still in the offing, Samsung, like other corporates, is strategising about the changes it would have to make in its supply chain management to take maximum advantage of the new ...
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Postal union office-bearers
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) has elected its new office-bearers at its session here. Announcing this, a union spokesman said that Mr R.N. Chaudhary was elected President of the NFPE. Other ...
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INTERVIEW
`We are riding the high freight rate wave' — Mr H. K. Mittal, CMD, Mercator Lines
WITH the freight market booming, shipping companies have been on an overdrive. As freight rates touch their all-time highs, ship-owners are revving up their acquisition plans to derive optimum economic mileage from the market sentiments. ...
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RAILWAYS
Different kind of 'train'ing
Women waiting for trains at Park Town station in Chennai. In the absence of a well-connected suburban railway network, a large number of commuters are forced to brave crowded buses and traffic jams. ...
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ROADWAYS
Kerala plans Driving School Council
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government has decided to set up a Driving School and Establishment Council with the Transport Commissioner as its Chairman. An official quoted the Transport Minister, Mr N. Sakthan, as saying that the new ...
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