The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 02, 2005

IA cargo automation — Helping air-freight move smoother
SENDING cargo with Indian Airlines could soon become much easier with the state-owned airline planning to complete the process of automation of its cargo operations by the end of the year. "By the end of the year ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

New vessel tracking system installed at Sagar Island
THE precise monitoring and proper surveillance of ship movement between the Sandheads, the mouth of the Hooghly river, and Haldia/ Kolkata docks will now become possible with the installation of the Stand Alone Vessel ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Bangalore intl airport project set for takeoff
The State Government has exempted the company from paying stamp duty on the registration. More

Mangalore airport: KCCI to push for international status
THE Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has initiated steps to seek international status to the Mangalore Airport. A KCCI release here on Saturday said that a recent meeting of Mangalore International Airport Sub-Committee of KCCI, ... More

Govt asked to review Delhi, Mumbai airports modernisation plan
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has asked the Government to take a re-look at the modernisation process of Delhi and Mumbai airports so that the development and maintenance of other airports is not ... More

SHIPPING

What the major ports moved, and how much
THE COUNTRY'S major ports together posted 11.3 per cent growth on a total cargo throughput of 383.77 million tonnes (mt) in 2004-05 compared to 9.9 per cent growth at 344.7 mt in 2003-04. The Visakhapatnam port was ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Product development — `Supply chain mgmt is biggest challenge'
MANAGING global supply chain is the single biggest challenge in product development, according to the recent survey by Infosys Technologies at the Electronics Supply Chain Association Spring 2005 Symposium. About 70 per cent of 170 supply ... More

RAILWAYS

Zonal Rlys must bite the bullet
IN THE backdrop of the operating ratio of several Zonal Railways hovering over 100 per cent, a Parliamentary Committee has called for "curbing of undesirable expenditure of the zonal railways." The Committee has ... More

ROADWAYS

Sops for AP transport workers
HYDERABAD: The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has categorically ruled out the privatisation of the State-owned Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC). Speaking at a May Day official function, Dr Reddy said ... More

TRENDS

Chinese growth fuels earnings of Indian shipping cos
WHILE the growing economic might of the Red Dragon may be spreading ripples of insecurity across certain corporate sectors in India, there is one sector that is actually making money out of this. And that is the Indian shipping sector. Indeed, ... More

Ships in Ports

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