The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 14, 2005

Southern travel agents to protest AI cut in commission
TRAVEL agents in the southern region are returning all promotional materials such as the Maharaja, model aircraft, cutouts, brochures and posters to Air India in protest against the reduction in airline commission. On Monday, members of the ... More

SHIPPING

Congestion at JNPT — Harbouring trouble
THE exact value of the goods stranded in container yards and freight stations in and around the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), India's premier container port, at the height of the congestion, is still unknown.Some put it ... More

Mercator plans Rs 1,300-cr fleet expansion
MERCATOR Lines Ltd, the fastest growing Indian shipping company, would invest over Rs 1,300 crore in the next quarter to buy at least six vessels. The Mumbai-based tanker owner would also be diversifying into the bulk segment as part of this ... More

Shipping lines buoyant despite freight dips
FREIGHT RATES, especially in the tanker segment, may have dipped in recent weeks, but shipping companies have much to cheer about, as they see the market firming up in the coming months. The recently revised estimates ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

`Ship in Campus': Shoring up maritime training
The `Ship in Campus' laboratory can be set up to provide the curriculum-based training programme and can be an alternative to the marine workshop training. More

RAILWAYS

Private participation in Railways — Signalling for a tariff regulator
The Railways needs to cut down the extent of cross-subsidisation across passenger and freight segment. But, how much a regulator can do as long as the Railways continue to be politicised? More

Metro rail for Hyderabad on the anvil
IF all goes well, the twin cities would have metro rail in the next five years at an estimated cost of Rs 4,392 crore, said Mr Konathala Ramakrishna and Mr Koneru Ranga Rao, State Ministers. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, they ... More

ROADWAYS

Gujarat flags off bio-diesel buses
CLOSE on the heels of launching buses running on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Gujarat has became the first State in the country to start a commercial service of buses that run on bio-diesel. Four buses running on bio-diesel were flagged off at ... More

`Toll road construction creates many business opportunities'
SPONSORSHIP, bid advisory, project management and merchant banking are various opportunities that have emerged due to the construction of toll roads, the President and CEO of Consolidated Toll Network Ltd, Mr K. Ramchand, said while speaking at ... More

Ships in Ports

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