The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 06, 2008

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INTERVIEW: KTDFC to modernise transport infrastructure in Kerala
Kerala Transport Development Finance Corporation Ltd, an NBFC offering vehicles loans to individuals and transport operators, has chalked out an ambitious programme to modernise the transport infrastructure in Kerala. ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Shipping sector hit by meltdown
On August 25 last, we had expressed apprehension that there were ominous signs of shipping drifting into recession. Our apprehension, it now appears, is proving to be true. According to recent reports in the Lloyd’s ...

RAILWAYS: Export slump costs Railways
The Railways is being required to move empty rakes to the ports of Paradip and Visakhapatnam for loading imported coal, for power houses and steel plants. Inquiries reveal that about 10 empty rakes are being moved to Visakhapatnam and about four ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Eyeing the berth of a port trustee
The failure to get a berth in the board of trustees of a port can be upsetting for a politician, particularly if the politician happens to be a Member of Parliament. Take the case of the Marxist Lok Sabha Member elected from Haldia. He is not ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: NW1: A connector awaiting development
Notwithstanding the fall in crude prices from the record $147 plus in July, which had thrown stock exchanges around the world into a spin and sent shock waves across economies, transportation of coal, or for that matter any bulk item, is now ...

RAILWAYS: Finance Ministry suggests re-tendering
New Delhi station modernisation. While asking the Railway Ministry to take a final call on the ‘cross-ownership issue’ — which has halted the Rs 6,000-rore tender to modernise New Delhi railway station — the Ministry of ...

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