The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 26, 2005

Aviation sector reaching for the sky
BARELY four months into its second year in office, and the Dr Manmohan Singh Government is set to soar with its civil aviation plans that took off the first year. If the first year was devoted to taking steps to ease ... More

Malaysia Airlines puts off plans for flights to Kochi
THE national airline of Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, has pushed back by a few months the launch of its flights to Kochi and Amritsar. The airline had earlier this year announced its decision to launch a three-times-a-week flight between Kuala ... More

What a one-minute saving means
A SAVING of one minute on every flight will help the airlines industry to save up to $4 four billion annually while the environment will benefit from a reduction of 10 million tonnes of emissions, according to Mr Giovanni Bisignani, ... More

Airline industry changes
Changes are on the anvil in the airline industry with half the world's airlines outsourcing their unit load device (ULD) management business by 2010, according to a survey undertaken by ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Sethusamudram won't affect ecology, says DCI chief
THE Sethusamudram project would not have any negative impact on the ecology of the region or fisheries. There can be no room for any such fears, said Mr N.K Guptha, the Chairman and Managing Director of the Dredging Corporation of ... More

SHIPPING

Seamen school expanded
The Japanese shipping line MOL has upgraded its training facilities at its seamen's training school in Mumbai to meet rising demand for skilled seafarers caused by the expansion of the global trade. The number of seats in the school has been ... More

Hyundai stacks up box market
Hyundai Heavy Industries has captured 40 per cent of the global market for large containership buildings. Currently ranked No1, HHI's order book position is believed to be full for next three ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Kolkata Port Trust-Dock Labour Board merger back in news
THE issue of merger the Calcutta Dock Labour Board (CDLB) and the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) re-surfaced during the visit of a Parliamentary Committee to Kolkata recently. A discussion was held between the members of the ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Concor to launch ICD
For over a year now, Container Corporation of India is sitting tight over a proposal to launch either an inland container depot (ICD) or a terminal at Durgapur/Asansol area in West Bengal, for reasons best known to the powers-that-be in the ... More

INTERVIEW

`We are betting on growing trade with neighbours' — Mr Cyrus J. Guzder, Chairman and Managing Director, AFL
AFL, a leading Indian logistics company, is going for a major expansion of its global and domestic network. The company is betting on the growing trade between India and its neighbours, especially China. Recently the company has appointed a ... More

E-GOVERNANCE

New facility at Hyderabad passport office
HYDERABAD: The Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr E. Ahmed, has launched an Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) with a 30-line fibre optic network that enables passport applicants get information on passport ... More

RAILWAYS

Dedicated freight corridors — Will they come up with the goods?
THE DEDICATED freight corridor proposal, mooted in the Railway Budget for 2005-06, has evoked mixed reactions — jubilation and apprehension. Jubilation because the government has decided to act on a project that ... More

Dussera special trains to Howrah, Vizag
KEEPING in view the long waiting lists for reservation ahead of Dussera festival, the South Central Railway (SCR) has decided to run special trains to Howrah and Visakhapatnam. It would run specials on the Hyderabad-Howrah route on October 7 ... More

MRTS: Last date for submitting EoI extended in AP
LARGE MNCs such as Siemens, Bombardier, Alstom, Hitachi, Macquary Bank, Metrail, KKTS-Opus and domestic majors including Reliance (Anil Ambani group), L&T, Gammon, BEML, BHEL and GVK are among a host of companies, which have evinced interest in . More

ROADWAYS

NHAI to start work on 4-lane link to connect Mangalore port
THE National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) intends to shortly start work on connecting the New Mangalore Port Trust with a four-lane link. The Union Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Mr Muniyappa, told reporters ... More

Ships in Ports

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