The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 27, 2006

First Flight Couriers leases 3 ATP freighters from BAE
FIRST Flight Couriers Private Ltd (FFCL) has signed long-term leases with BAE Systems Regional Aircraft for three ATP Freighters, which will be used by the company to start its domestic freighter operations. The three aircraft (msn 2039, 2051 ... More

Emirates flights to Copenhagen from October
EMIRATES airline will offer services to Copenhagen from October 3. Initially offering four flights a week, the service will increase to daily flights on October 29. This is Emirates' first passenger service into Scandinavia and opens up new ... More

Air traffic to grow 6.5 pc this year: ICAO
GLOBAL and regional scheduled air passenger traffic in terms of passenger-kilometres performed is expected to grow at 6.5 per cent and 6.2 per cent in 2006 and 2007 respectively. In 2005, global and regional scheduled air passenger traffic is ... More

SHIPPING

Box movement by rail between Tughlakabad, Kolkata ports — Kolkata Dock System in talks with Eastern Rly, Concor
The KDS authorities have urged Concor and the Railways to announce fixed-day schedules for the services to be run between Tughlakabad and KDS. More

Visakhapatnam port handles all-time high of 5.5 mt cargo in Dec
VISAKHAPATNAM is maintaining its prime position among the major ports in the country for the sixth year in succession and so far, 44.7 million tonnes of cargo has been handled, according to the Chairman, Mr K. Ratna Kishore. While addressing ... More

`New Mangalore port placed sixth'
THE Chairman of the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), Mr P. Tamilvanan, has said that the port has been placed in the sixth position among the major ports in the country. He was speaking after unfurling the national flag at the Republic Day ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Varun Shipping Q3 net up at Rs 52.72 cr
VARUN Shipping has registered a net profit of Rs 52.72 crore in the quarter ended December 31, 2005. This was a 126.85 per cent jump over the Rs 23.24 crore recorded in the same quarter in the previous year. The company has declared a second ... More

RAILWAYS

RDSO nod likely for double stack containers
LUCKNOW-based Research Design and Standardisation Organisation (RDSO), the research arm of Indian Railways, is likely to approve usage of the existing rolling stock for running double stack containers on Indian Railways' tracks soon. RDSO ... More

Players wary of Railways `hidden costs' in container biz
`We need to carefully consider the possible increase of haulage charges, land acquisition/lease charges, wagon acquisition, and maintenance costs before taking the plunge.' More

Thiruvananthapuram Rly division to offer more facilities
THE Thiruvananthapuram Division of Southern Railway is set to introduce more passenger-friendly facilities in the course of the current year. One of the major thrust areas is improving the passenger information system by introducing touch ... More

ROADWAYS

Taco MobiApps to market `Trako' among truck, taxi owners
TACO MobiApps Telematics Ltd (TMT) plans to market `trako', its vehicle tracking system, more aggressively among owners of truck, taxi and ambulance fleets. TMT, a joint venture between Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd and MobiApps Holdings Pvt Ltd, ... More

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