LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Kerala air cargo agents weighed down by low capacity on AI Express
Air India's decision to induct narrow-bodied aircraft for operation on its low-cost Air India Express could affect, if not stop, exports from Kerala to Gulf destinations and ruin farmers. Air cargo agents in the State are hoping the airline will reco nsider this move.
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Govt may boost air links with UAE, Israel
THE Ministry of Civil Aviation has proposed increasing the air connectivity between India and the UAE as also Israel. Official sources told Business Line that the Government has proposed enhancing entitlement for operation of air ...
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Unified management for Air France, KLM cargo businesses
AIR FRANCE and KLM have decided to create a unified management body in their cargo businesses called `Cargo European House'. In a statement, the airlines have said that this should be operational by the end of this ...
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AI posts loss of Rs 36.35 cr in Nov
AIR India's financial performance continues to face rough weather, with the airline recording a net loss of Rs 36.35 crore (provisional) during November 2004. The state-owned international airline had registered a net loss of Rs 38.08 crore ...
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SHIPPING
Vallarpadam ICTT to set sail on Feb 7
THE concession and licence agreement for developing a three-million-TEU capacity international container transhipment terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam in Kochi Port will be signed between the successful bidder, Dubai ...
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Caution on shipping channels narrowed by tsunami
COULD the December 26 earthquake in the Indian Ocean that caused the tsunami have reshaped the international shipping channels? Maybe, say some experts. If yes, it might take months, even years, of international effort ...
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Hatsun Foods — Milking the logistics advantage
TO BUY a product from more than 8,000 farms, bring it to processing facilities and redistribute it to 10,000 dealers all in one day and everyday calls for some keen logistics management. If the product — in this ...
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RAILWAYS
Rlys on track to meet revenue target
`The overall increase in earnings in the first nine months of this financial year was Rs 962 crore more than what the Railways had budgeted and Rs 2,470 crore more than what it had earned in the first nine months of last year.'
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Special train between Nagercoil and Chennai to clear rush
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Southern Railway will run a special train between Nagercoil and Chennai Egmore on Monday to clear extra passenger traffic between the two destinations. According to an official spokesman, the 612 Nagercoil-Chennai ...
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Thiruvananthapuram Rlys' plea to elephant owners
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Divisional Manager of the Thiruvananthapuram Railway Division has appealed to elephant owners as well as mahouts not to walk the pachyderms along railway tracks. An official spokesman said here that the request ...
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ROADWAYS
Hind Construction to work on Chennai bypass
HINDUSTAN Construction Co Ltd will construct the proposed four-lane Chennai bypass phase-II at a cost of Rs 480 crore, while joint venture firm Somdatt-Simplex will build grade separators (flyovers), costing Rs 200 crore, at three junctions in ...
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Road safety programme in Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (Natpac), an autonomous R&D institution under the State Government, has drawn up an extensive State-wide programme for inculcating awareness about road safety in ...
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Hit and burnt
The State Road Transport Corporation parades the buses damaged and burnt during the recent Statewide bandh in Hyderabad on Sunday.
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