The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 11, 2005

Indian Airlines, AI to place orders for aircraft this year
INDIAN Airlines and Air India are expected to place orders worth over $6 billion for aircraft acquisition this calendar year. The Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, told newspersons on the sidelines of a CII seminar on ... More

HAL in talks with ATR for fleet upkeep
THE growing number of aircraft purchases by domestic operators has set defence major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd on a new business tack: that of servicing and maintaining these aircraft right here in India rather than sending them to the ... More

IAF places orders with HAL for light combat aircraft
INDIAN Air Force has placed firm orders with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for 20 of the indigenous LCAs (light combat aircraft) and expects to add 20 more to the Rs 4,000-crore order soon, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi revealed on ... More

SHIPPING

Ministry seeks nod for capital dredging at Ennore Port
THE Shipping Ministry has sought an "in-principle" approval from the Planning Commission for undertaking the first phase of the capital dredging project at Ennore Port at an estimated cost of Rs 90 crore. Ennore Port Ltd, the first corporate ... More

Haldia Dock handles record monthly traffic in January
HALDIA dock's traffic throughput in January at 3.257 million tonnes (mt) was an all-time high monthly figure, surpassing the previous record of 3.226 mt in August 2004, according to Kolkata Port Trust sources. Cumulatively, between April 2004 ... More

Scene of action
A view of the field at Vallarpadam Island where the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will lay the foundation stone on February 16 for the Rs 2,118-crore international container terminal to be developed by Kochi Port in collaboration with Dubai ... More

RAILWAYS

Early implementation of Dindigul - Sabarimala BG line sought
A TEAM of office-bearers of the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, led by its President, Mr S. Rethinavelu, along with the Dindigul MP, Mr N.S.V. Chitthan, met the Union Minister of State for Railways, Mr R. Velu, at New Delhi and ... More

Ships in Ports

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