The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 01, 2006

J. Lo to rock India
Pop diva Jennifer Lopez will be rocking India for the first time on May 21. Kingfisher Airlines, as part of its first anniversary celebrations, is bringing down Lopez for a concert in Mumbai. Her visit is part of a world tour after the release ... More

Soccer fever grips travel agents, airlines, TV channels
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Air Deccan to expand operations in Kerala
No-frills carrier Air Deccan proposes to expand operations by flying into more cities within the State as well as linking it with the other States of the country. According to Chief Revenue Officer, Mr John Kuruvilla, the State Capital would ... More

SHIPPING

Cochin Shipyard lays the keel for ambitious buildings
The public sector Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), in its 35th year, has chalked out an ambitious action plan to emerge as the leading yard in South-East Asia by 2015. The yard has drawn out a corporate plan based on positive economic growth and rising ... More

Birganj ICD: Concor's Himalayan blunder?
The Birganj ICD may be critical for landlocked Nepal but not so for Concor which has 55 such depots all over India. Unless HTPL, the company that runs the ICD, starts earning profits, Concor may have to re-think its participation in the depot. More

Port and hinterland development should happen in tandem
If India is serious about attracting line-haul vessel calls rather than seeing most of its Europe and US cargo routed via ports in Sri Lanka and Singapore, it should make vessel port call costs more competitive. More

50 years of containers
April 26 marked the 50th anniversary of containerisation, an innovation that led to revolutionary changes in sea transportation of break-bulk cargo so much so that today nearly 90 per cent of the world's non-bulk cargo is being transported in ... More

Indo-Pak shipping protocol
Pakistan is awaiting India's formal nod for concluding revised shipping protocol. The protocol was earlier scheduled to be signed in March but has been delayed as India is yet to announce the date for signing it. Meanwhile, Pakistan's Cabinet has ... More

Chittagong-Singapore feeder service
Korean shipping giant, Hanjin Shipping, in partnership with Singapore-based Sea Consortium, has launched a dedicated feeder service between Chittagong and Singapore. There will be sailings every fourth day, the port rotation being Singapore-Port ... More

Panama Canal expansion
The 92-year old Panama Canal will be able to accommodate mega containerships with capacities up to 12,000 teus each once the proposed expansion completes in 2014. The Financial Times reported that the $5.25-billion expansion plan, still to ... More

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