The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 04, 2007

INFRASTRUCTURE
Global tender for box terminal
Dubai Port World, entrusted with the implementation of the Vallarpadam container transhipment terminal at the Cochin port, is likely to float a global tender soon inviting bids from international firms for the construction of the terminal. ... More

SHIPPING
Mitsui, Exmar in race for Petronet LNG deal
Companies shortlisted through global tendering process More

Cruising big
Royal Caribbean, a partly Norwegian-owned cruise line, is going ahead with an order for another huge ship from a Finnish shipyard, which is also part of the Norwegian-owned Aker Yards group. The new vessel will be able to carry 5400 passengers. ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Port workers' wage deal
The tenure of the old agreement having expired in December 2006, a new wage deal covering an estimated 12,000 employees and workers in the country's major ports has become due for finalisation. Five all-India federations of port and dock workers, ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
India Infrastructure launches container train operations
Invests $60 million as capital expenditure More

INTERVIEW
`Building small ships is big opportunity for India'
Kochi can be developed along the lines of Singapore but what is needed is vision to translate potential into reality. -- MR SOHAN ROY S.K., CEO, ARIES MARINE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES More

RAILWAYS
Metro moves
TICKET TO RIDE: Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand along with his wife Aruna Anand taking a ride in the Metro Train as a brand ambassador for NIIT in the Capital on Sunday. ... More

ROADWAYS
`Integrity pact' to arrest over-speeding corruption
It was a pained Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh who recently spoke of how corruption in road construction had spread like a cancer through the economy. The problem is endemic in developing countries, with leakage from corruption ranging from 5 ... More

One lakh goods carriers stranded in Rajasthan
It is not just train services that have been affected by the agitation in Rajasthan that happened because of the ongoing clash of two communities on the issue of reservation. Owing to the agitation that started five days ago, some 100,000 goods ... More

Corruption in road projects
Responses to Sticklish Issues dated May 28 More

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