The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 31, 2006

AIRLINES
Bill on airport regulator ready for Cabinet perusal
The proposal for setting up an Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) will be shortly sent to the Cabinet for its approval, according to the Civil Aviation Secretary, Mr Ajay Prasad. "The Bill for establishing the regulator is ready and ... More

Composite Boeings
Are plastic planes set to rule the sky? Boeing President Alan Mulally was recently quoted as saying that all Boeing-737 planes would be made from non-metal materials or composites, particularly plastic, because they would not corrode. He, ... More

SHIPPING
HSL waiting for second wind: CMD
The Visakhapatnam-based Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) has vastly improved its performance, and is awaiting the Central revival package to sustain the growth, according to its Chairman and Managing Director, Rear Admiral Ajit Tewari. He told ... More

Naval lab launches radar centre for stealth ships
The centre will help NSTL in studying various stealth design features of ships. New facility likely to be ready by May More

From bulk to box
Before June 2003, there was no full-fledged container terminal at the Visakhapatnam port and a limited number of boxes were handled in inner harbour by using ship's gear. It was mainly a bulk cargo handling port. Not any more. The J. M. Baxi ... More

River handles sea of cargo
China's mighty Yangtze river is said to have become the busiest in the world in terms of volume of cargo transported on it thanks to the country's burgeoning economy. In 2005, 795 million tonnes of cargo, comprising domestic traffic, overseas ... More

SOFTWARE
Oracle's TMS is `Leader Quadrant'
Gartner has named Oracle Transportation Management, a comprehensive planning and execution platform for shippers and third party logistics providers, the `Leader Quadrant' in its 2006 Transportation Management System (TMS) Magic ... More

SECURITY
Safety for boxes in transit
International Container Security Organisation More

RAILWAYS
Rothschild for `pvt capital flow' into railways
Investment banking firm Rothschild feels the Government has to work out ways to capture the economic benefits from the new rail freight line and plough them back into the Railway network. The firm's Indian arm is also looking to raise capital for roa d projects. More

Airport-Kolkata rail link
For the first time in India, an airport gets connected to the city by a rail network directly. Kolkata's Circular Railway has been extended from Dum Dum Cantonment to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport. The cost of connectivity, totalling ... More

OUTLOOK
Lalu promises relook at superfast fares
Janata AC train to hit tracks soon More

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Ports
Pick a Winner Stock Market Contest

NTPC may get waiver on joint venture financial cap

Safety for boxes in transit

Bonds firm up on buying interest

Prospect of output losses may fire base metals

PSBs' credit exposure to SMEs on the rise

There is no wrong, but every thing is right

TN Budget: Politically adroit, yet fiscally responsible

Modi charts out `5F' plan

Looking back
Jul. 23-Jul. 29
Railways gets higher discount for diesel

Cos may get respite from paying service tax on goods transport

Panel for restricting entry in railway stations

Port workers' body wants tribunal award stayed

P.K. Ruia plans Rs 1,000-cr dry dock, SEZ in Bengal