The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 23, 2007

SHIPPING
Captain’s orders
The chairman of a west coast port was recently accused of reverting to a 19th century practice when he tried to enforce 24-hour work schedules in all operational areas of the port. The unions were critical of the chairman because such an ... More

Floating in satisfaction
The authorities of the Kolkata Port Trust are happy that the port’s own resources, both human and technical, proved worthy of the critical job of pulling out a foreign cargo ship that got stuck on the bank of the Hooghly river in inclement ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Shipping lines must be allowed to hire foreign crew
To tide over the manpower crisis More

INTERVIEW
‘Goal of the new airline is to increase frequency of non-stop flights’
We would like to make all flights fly daily and convert those that are currently hopping to point-to-point ones. In the international arena, we would prefer either one-stop or non-stop flights. More

ROADWAYS
Road safety lessons
Toyota Kirloskar has brought the popular Toyota safety education programme into India.Launched by the Karnataka Transport Minister, Mr N. Chaluvurayaswamy, the programme will initially focus on schools in Bangalore and cover 20,000 ... More

BOOKS
All at sea on IT
The shipping industry significantly lags behind in its use of information technology when compared with other industries, according to a new book that addresses the innovative opportunities for shipping offered by IT. The book launched by ... More

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