The Hindu Business Line : Friday, December 05, 2008

LOGISTICS

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Air India’s joint venture plan referred to panel
New Delhi, Dec. 4 A proposal to allow National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL) to set up joint venture companies with Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd has been referred to the Committee of ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Rlys to use RFID for physical efficiency test during recruitment
Expected to avoid human intervention and have transparency. Chennai, Dec. 4 For the first time in India, the use of RFID (radio frequency identification)-based technology is being planned to replace manual conduct of ‘physical efficiency ...

RAILWAYS: East Coast Railway: Marching ahead
Heralding a ‘silent revolution’, the East Coast Railway (ECoR), the Bhubaneswar –headquartered zonal railway having its network spread all over Orissa and parts of Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh – is steadily making ...

RAILWAYS: Titagarh Wagons on expansion track
The Kolkata-based Titagarh Wagons, one of the leading manufacturers of railway wagons and engineering equipment, chugs along growth path even as black clouds of economic slowdown hang over the manufacturing sector. Backed by growing ...

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SHIPPING/PORTS: Heavy lift cargo
River-cum-road route: The Kolkata-based logistics service provider, ABC India Ltd, ...

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: Concor’s Durgapur terminal to be commissioned shortly
Kolkata, Dec. 4 Container Corporation of India’s (Concor) Durgapur terminal in West Bengal, which is expected to be ready for operation in a month or so, is to handle 500 TEUs a month on ...

RAILWAYS: Chamber’s appeal to Rly Minister
Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industries has made an appeal to the Union Railways Minister to introduce a new train between Kanyakumari and Varanasi via Rameswaram. In a letter addressed to the Union Railways Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, the ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Shipping cos feel the global heat
Kolkata, Dec. 4 A sharp correction in demand and movement of commodities, particularly crude oil and oil products, world over in the recent months has brought about a matching correction in the related markets of shipping, rigs and ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: HC stays work on Vizhinjam project
The Kerala High Court on Thursday quashed the decision of the State Government and the Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd to reject the technical and financial bids submitted by the Mumbai-based Zoom Developers for construction of the ...

AIRLINES: Kingfisher to fly non-stop to London from Jan 5
Bangalore, Dec. 4 Kingfisher Airlines today announced that it will start its daily non-stop flights from Mumbai to London, Heathrow from January 5. Tickets for travel on the inaugural flight and for subsequent flights are now available for ...

AIRLINES: Marg to build, operate Bijapur airport
Chennai, Dec. 4 Marg Ltd, a Chennai-based company engaged in infrastructure development, has won the contract for building and operating an airport at ...

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