LOGISTICS
AIR CARGO
AI, Cargojet enter strategic ties
Air India and Canada's Cargojet have entered into strategic marketing and operational alliance for transportation of air cargo to and from the Canadian market. The alliance, which came into force this month, is expected to boost movement of air ...
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AIRLINES
Can air travel security curbs work in India?
Commitment to aircraft security and strict enforcement is necessary. The exemption list has to pruned to the original five categories and everyone has to go through security, irrespective of their position.
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Indian's route to higher profit
State-owned carrier Indian has posted a net profit of Rs 65.61 crore in 2004-05, up from Rs 44.17 crore the previous year. The airlines' latest annual report that was tabled in Parliament this week shows that the airline carried more than 71.31 ...
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INSIGHT
Flying without frills over Europe
These are boom times for cheap air travel in Europe, with fares on some routes as low as € 10, one-way, including tax.
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SHIPPING
Has the shippers' movement sprung a leak?
A strong shippers' lobby, it is felt, is vital to ensuring this segment of the sea trade gets fair services at competitive rates from the shipping lines and others. But this requires the government to issue clear-cut guidelines and provide budgetary support. Else, the shippers movement will flounder.
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Sprucing up of southern ports
With a chunk of the projected 10 million TEUs expected to sail towards the southern ports in the next few years, Chennai, Tuticorin, Ennore and Kochi are gearing up with big expansion plans. And there will still be enough cargo for everyone, accordin g to the PSA-Sical General Manager, Mr John Quok.
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Dubai co to supply 5 lt coal to industry units
Brings its own vessel, Coastal Pride, to NMPT
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ANL launching two new services
ANL, the Australian shipping line, is launching two new liner services to serve the Indian sub-continent. One of them is the weekly fixed day ISC-1 service, the port rotation being Ningbo-Shanghai-Fuqing-Chiwan-Port Kelang-Nhava Sheva ...
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China's ports post 22 % growth
According to a Xinhua report, during first half of 2006, China's major sea and river ports together handled over 42 million TEUs posting a growth of more than 22 per cent. In terms of tonnage, the volume at 2.2 billion tonnes registered a growth ...
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SECURITY
`As safe as the weakest link'
The recent news about the terrorist plot against trans-Atlantic airliners once again reminds us not only of the fragility of our supply chains but also of the fact that every one in the chain has the responsibility to do the needful to ensure ...
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RAILWAYS
Fire at Chennai Central rail station
A PORTION of shops destroyed in a fire that broke out in Central Railway Station on Sunday.
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