The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 07, 2006

House panel calls for metro airports revamp without further delay — But CPI(M) wants process scrapped
THE Government's attempt to modernise Delhi and Mumbai airports has received support from the Parliamentary Consultative Committee, which called for modernisation and restructuring of the two metro airports without any further delay. Cutting ... More

SHIPPING

Mumbai port set to exceed cargo target — Container volumes take a dip
MUMBAI Port is all set to exceed its cargo target of 39 million tonnes for the current fiscal, despite a significant fall in the container traffic. In the nine months ended December, the port handled 33.16 million tonnes of cargo, higher by 27 ... More

Seafood exports — Chennai Port tops in value, JNPT in quantity
CHENNAI Port continues to lead in seafood exports during the first eight months of the current fiscal. Chennai Port remained on top by contributing 21.92 per cent in value followed by Kochi 18.69 per cent and Vizag 16.12 per cent. However, in ... More

Meet convened to sort out trailer operators' woes
INDIA Gateway Terminal is convening a meeting next week between trailer operators, port authorities and Customs house agents to sort out the difficulties faced by trailer operators in the wake of the introduction of pre-stage facility in the ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Container cargo movement — Pipavav ready, others to wait and watch
WITH the Railways throwing open container cargo movement to the private sector, players in the industry have started chalking plans to enter into the domain hitherto dominated by the Container Corporation of India Ltd (Concor). While Concor, ... More

RAILWAYS

2nd Indo-Pak passenger rail service to start next month — Freight services may begin later
THE second Indo-Pak rail service between Munabao and Khokhrapar would begin from February 1 in a train called Thar Express. Initially, the train will run on a weekly basis and offer passenger services only. The frequency may be increased later ... More

PEOPLE

Luethi to retire from Jet Air; Kingshott appointed Chief Commercial Officer
JET Airways has said that its Chief Operating Officer, Mr Peter Luethi, will retire at the end of April when his three-year contract ends. The airline said that it does not propose to fill in this position following Mr Luethi's retirement. He ... More

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