The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 13, 2005

Etihad Airways: Promoting Abu Dhabi as a strategic cargo hub
ETIHAD Airways has launched bi-weekly freighter services to Chennai from Abu Dhabi, making the city its second all-cargo destination. Mr Charles Phelps-Penry, Regional General Manager, South Asia for Etihad Airways, said that the airways had ... More

Emirates Skycargo to launch dedicated freight services
Emirates Skycargo is expanding operations in India and is in the process of acquiring Airbus A-310. More

Jet Air appoints law firm to file charges against US entity
JET Airways has appointed US law firm Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Whatron and Garrison to initiate legal charges against a company, with a similar name, which had accused the Indian airline of having terrorist links, said a press release. The press ... More

Airbus, Boeing ready for battle at Paris
FROM the latest giant of the skies, the Airbus A-380, to the dwarfish Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and most that can fly in between have all been navigating from all corners of the world to Le Bourget, just outside the French capital, for the ... More

SHIPPING

Weighing tonnage tax, one year later — Boost to fleet growth, but more needs to be done
AS FAR back as in 1980, keen observers of the Indian maritime industry realised that what had been described as the "Golden Age" of Indian fleet expansion had come to an end. This period lasted from 1959 to 1975, when Indian shipping tonnage grew ... More

Port sector in need of more autonomy
Globalisation aims at capturing the foreign market for Indian goods. Ports and shipping help in achieving this objective. However, it is essential that Indian ports be under the control of the government and not under multi-national shipping conglome rates. More

New Mangalore Port seeks dry dock facility
NEW Mangalore Port, which has made remarkable achievements in cargo handling, plans to establish a dry dock facility to offer repair services for ocean-going vessels and other craft. The Indian Ports' Association has submitted a feasibility ... More

Collapse in ocean freight rates
International freight industry representatives attribute the fall in rates to an increase in freight supply rather than decrease in demand. More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Kerala: Transport workers' strike put off
THE proposed indefinite strike by transport workers in the State from June 13 has been postponed. The decision to this effect was taken after discussions between the Joint Action Council of Transport Workers' Unions and the Labour Minister, Mr ... More

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