The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 02, 2009

LOGISTICS

SHIPPING/PORTS: Gujarat summit promises big push to port sector
The Fourth ‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit’ (VGGIS), 2009, which concluded on January 13, has brought out the fact that industry — Indian and global — has begun to see the 1,600-km-long coastline of ...

AIRLINES: Aeroshow swells demand for hotel rooms
Number of participants, displays much higher than previous years. Bangalore, Feb. 1The economic recession that has hit almost all sectors has not cast its evil eye on the defence sector, if hotel bookings for the Aero India 2009, Bangalore, from ...

AIRLINES: IndiGo plane makes emergency landing
New Delhi, Feb. 1 There was high drama at the Indira Gandhi airport here on Sunday evening after an aircraft of the Delhi-based IndiGo airline was taken to an isolated bay following reports of unruly behaviour by a ...

ROADWAYS: For smooth ride
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AIRLINES: Karnataka writes to Maytas Infra on 2 airport projects
New Delhi, Feb. 1 The Karnataka Government has written to Maytas Infra asking why the order giving them the right to develop greenfield airports at Gulbarga and Shimoga should not be ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Naval air base to tackle piracy
In its bid to tackle the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, India is to set up a naval air base in Muscat, and the Omanese authorities are believed to have cleared India’s proposal in this regard. This is not surprising, according to ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: BDI on upward swing
Last week, Baltic Dry Index (BDI) crossed 1,000 points for the first time since it plunged below that level in October last year. The Baltic brokers would attribute it to an upward movement in Capesize freight caused by tight tonnage situation ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Virtual port for inland link
Visakha Container Terminal Pvt Ltd, the joint venture that runs a state-of-the-art container terminal at Visakhapatnam port, and BATCO-RCM CFS — that manages a container freight station and runs transport services — have entered into ...

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