The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 05, 2006

AIR CARGO
SriLankan Cargo starts customer support centre
SriLankan Cargo, which is managed by SriLankan Airlines Ltd, has started a 24-hour customer support centre. Customers can contact the support centre for information on their shipments through the Colombo hub or to inform the airline about ... More

SHIPPING
Heavy rains hamper operations at Paradip
Normal operations at Paradip port were badly hit in the past two days due to inclement weather. Heavy rains along with a windspeed of 90 km per hour lashed the port, forcing the authorities to raise cyclone signal no.3. Ship movement to and ... More

Mumbai port Q1 traffic volume up 19.3 pc
The Mumbai port has registered a 19.3 per cent growth in volume of traffic in the first quarter of the current fiscal. The port handled 12.71 million tonnes of cargo during April-June as against 10.65 million tonnes in the first quarter of the ... More

TAMP to hold hearing with port users on July 14
Proposal of Kochi port to enhance cargo rates More

Focus on capacity addition projects in ports: Baalu
The Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Mr T. R. Baalu, stressed the need for prioritisation of the capacity addition projects in ports while reviewing implementation of port development projects here on Tuesday with Chairmen of ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
No service tax on money orders, postal orders
Transfer of money through money orders, operation of savings account in post offices and purchase of postal orders would not attract any service tax, the Government has said. This is because Department of Posts is not considered as a service ... More

RAILWAYS
Indian, Italian Railways sign MoU
The Union Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, signed a MoU with Italian Railways on setting up a Joint Working Group to identify projects of mutual interests. The Joint Working Group would have three representatives from each side, an official ... More

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Bellwether indices continue to move within narrow range

Tata Motors clocks 37 pc rise in June sales

Heavy rains hamper operations at Paradip

Looking back
Jun. 25-Jul. 1
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