The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 10, 2007

INSIGHT
Panel raps Rlys for slow pace of expansion
Even as Indian Railways recorded a cash surplus before dividend of Rs 20,153.49 crore for fiscal 2006-07, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways has pulled up the Ministry for not expanding the physical railway network at an equally ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
EDI-based system in Kandla
Kandla port has introduced EDI-based port community system to “provide quality infrastructure and services to port users,” according to port sources. The system, according to the port chairman, has been developed by the Union ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Roads less travelled
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SHIPPING
Bulk carriers ride rising freight wave
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Turnaround: Gujarat defers Alcock Ashdown divestment again
The Gujarat Government has put on hold divestment plans for a second time for its wholly-owned shipbuilding company Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd, or AAGL, with the receipt of bids for Rs 169 crore against the reserve price fixed to nearly Rs ... More

Kolkata Port to add box capacity
The burgeoning container traffic at Kolkata Dock System — which registered 27 per cent growth in first five months of the current fiscal — has forced Kolkata Port Trust to add to its container stacking yard capacity. For a long ... More

Warning for shipbuilding sector
The Korea Institute of Industrial Economics has warned that the rapidly expanding shipbuilding sector could face a crisis by 2011, when the available capacity with the yards will exceed the demand for new-buildings. This situation may arise due ... More

Meet on Kakinada port tomorrow
A meeting on Kakinada anchorage port will be held in Hyderabad on September 11 to discuss the problems and to improve the infrastructure at the port, according to Mr M.V. Ramana Rao, Minister for Ports. He said here on Sunday that the meeting was ... More

INTERVIEW
‘Policy change could send wrong signals to investors’
We are concerned about the proposed Bill. It appears that the Government is taking a U-turn in its liberalisation programme. More

RAILWAYS
Rail-based traffic system mooted for Kochi
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