The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 19, 2002

KPT backs Chinese tender for Hooghly dredging job
THE Kolkata Port Trust (KPT) has expressed itself strongly in favour of allowing a Chinese dredging firm to participate in the tender floated a few days ago for the Rs 400-crore river regulatory scheme to improve the navigability of the Hooghly ... More

Revamped Cochin port board causes concern
The shipping fraternity feels that those bodies whose association with the port was minimal and interaction negligible have been given representation in the board. More

Kerala Govt mulls action plan for waterways
THE Kerala Government will prepare an action plan for developing various waterways in the State and make them navigable for traffic. An official spokesman quoted the Irrigation Minister, Mr T.M. Jacob, as saying that all important waterways in ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Panalpina plans rapid strides in China, India
PANALPINA, a $4-billion integrated freight forwarding and logistics services major, plans to go full steam ahead in the Asia-Pacific region over the next five years. The group expects at least 35-40 per cent of its gross profits to emanate from ... More

RAILWAYS

Black Beauty recreates magic of 1853
THE Indian Railways' (IR) moment of glory, even as it kicked off countrywide celebrations to commemorate its 150 years on the rails, was when Indian Railway recreated the magical `steam-run' of 1853 in Mumbai. The old steam engine, named Black ... More

ROADWAYS

Kerala: Natpac commences work on hill highway
NATIONAL Transportation Planning and Research Centre (Natpac), which has been entrusted with the task of carrying out a study for the development of a hill highway in Kerala, has started preliminary work in this regard. The first phase of work ... More

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