The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 28, 2005

Airport modernisation — Thrust to growth of air travel
THERE is both good and bad news for air travellers. The good news is that even as the process of modernisation and restructuring of the Delhi and Mumbai airports enters its final stages, with the empowered Group of ... More

SHIPPING

NMPT marshals rail infrastructure
IN EXPECTATION of the completion of the Hassan-Mangalore rail line by December, the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has begun upgrading the railway infrastructure on the port premises to meet the growing transport ... More

London brokerage to sail the buoyant Indian shipping market
The growth in Indian tonnage and the expected jump in the volume of ocean-going trade has drawn the 125-year-old London-based SSY ship-broking group to India, where it has initiated dialogue with shippers, shipping firms and shipyards. More

Port services in EU
The European Union Transport Commissioner was recently quoted as saying in the Lloyd's List that he would persevere with the controversial port services directive despite attacks from all sides. Our ... More

RAILWAYS

Rail transport of iron and steel
BETWEEN 1991-02 and 2003-04, the production of pig iron and finished steel increased from 15.92 million tonnes to 41.57 mt, posting a CAGR of 8.33 per cent. During the same period, the rail transportation of pig iron and finished steel ... More

Coal on track
Between April and October 2005, the Indian Railways transported a total of 162.55 million tonnes coal out of the total freight traffic of 366.92 mt. The corresponding figures for the same period of the last year were 151.36 mt and 335.20 mt ... More

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