The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 15, 2007

AIRLINES
Connectivity key to regional integration: PM
India is willing to engage ASEAN in a discussion on an open skies policy, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, told ASEAN leaders at the summit meeting here today. "Greater connectivity is central to the idea of regional economic integration," ... More

INSIGHT
Retail boom fuels growth in logistics sector
Logistics companies, which now provide services from transportation to warehousing and inventory management, will soon have to expand their products basket to include value-added services such as packaging, labelling and reverse logistics. More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Pipeline for Rajasthan crude: ONGC, Cairn near consensus
A consensus seems to be emerging between state-owned ONGC and Cairn India Ltd to build a pipeline to transport crude oil found in Barmer, Rajasthan to a nearby port city. This could put to an end to the speculations on how the crude from the ... More

Assam's Sutharkandi gets trade centre
Assam's first International Trade Centre at Sutharkandi border point (with Bangladesh) was opened on Friday by the Union Minister of State for Commerce, Mr Jairam Ramesh. The Assam Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation has set up ... More

Growing demand for land
How much land is needed to construct a jetty? The question haunts many in shipping circles in view of the demand for land these days among a section of port promoters in the private sector. According to reports, the private promoters of a ... More

SHIPPING
World fleet expands, productivity drops
UNCTAD REVIEW OF MARITIME TRANSPORT More

Rigorous screening for explosives
The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives has voted to enforce rigorous screening of every container for explosives and nuclear materials within five years for sea-borne cargo and three years for air cargo. But the prospects of a ... More

Europe's container capacity betters Asia's
The shipping lines in Europe have been adding to their container carrying capacity more than their counterparts in Asia. Thus, the combined capacity of the four major container lines of Europe — Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Company, ... More

Destination Vietnam, Cambodia
Of late Vietnam and Cambodia have become the destinations of several leading shipping lines. Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has received approval from Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment to establish a wholly-owned company ... More

RAILWAYS
The guarantees and gaps
Container operators' pact with Railways More

More passenger facilities at Thiruvananthapuram Central
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Moving on high-tech tracks
A follow-up on Indian Railways' success story, in partnership with Semiconductor Complex Ltd. More

ROADWAYS
Madhucon SPV achieves financial closure
The special purpose vehicle (SPV) set up by Madhucon Projects for undertaking the 129-km stretch of the National Highway between Madurai and Tuticorin achieved financial closure. According to a press release, a consortium led ... More

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Looking back
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