The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 05, 2007

AIRLINES
Global Vectra buys 3 Bell copters
Global Vectra Helicorp Ltd (GVHL), a part of the UK-based Vectra group, has acquired three new Bell 412 helicopters for $22.5 million, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The acquisition has been funded through equity ... More

SHIPPING
Tuticorin Port sets new record in cargo handling
Tuticorin Port created a new record in cargo handling on January 1, 2007, by unloading 13,811 tonnes of muriate of potash (MOP) meant for Indian Potash Ltd in bulk from vessel mv.IVS Kanda in a single day. The work was executed by using three ... More

Kakinada port row resolved
Wheat unloading begins today More

Panel to work out safe process for container handling
The advisory committee on dock safety has proposed to devise a safe process and equipment for container handling operations in major ports in the country. At the meeting of the safety advisory committee held in Chennai last week, it was ... More

RAILWAYS
No guarantee on limiting haulage charge increase
Rlys signs concession pact with 14 container operators More

Kutch Rly to sign MoUs with Japanese cos
Feasibility studies for the proposed freight corridors under way More

Sattur chamber plea for broad gauge line
Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industry has appealed for conversion of Dindigul-Coimbatore MG line into BG line immediately. In a letter addressed to the Union Railway Minister Mr Lalu Prasad, the Chamber Secretary, Mr P.T.K.A. Balasubramanian, ... More

ROADWAYS
ABT X Travels to launch new services
Within two months of introducing the long-distance omni bus service between Coimbatore-Chennai, Pollachi-Chennai and Tirupur-Chennai, ABT X Travels has decided to expand its operations by launching the Bangalore-Coimbatore, Bangalore-Pollachi ... More

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