The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Status quo in airport ground handling work till October
INTERNATIONAL airlines operating in India and managing their own ground handling at present can breathe easy for a while longer. The Government is all set to extend the July 1 deadline for all ground handling work at airports to be carried out ... More

Chennai airport to get CUTE
SITA's common user terminal equipment (CUTE), the shared use departure control system, will be commissioned in three months at the new international departure terminal at Chennai Airport, according to the airport Director, Mr R.J. Treasuryvala. ... More

Dakota to Airbus - IA on `golden' runway
FROM transporting elephants in the old Dakota aircraft to carrying Fiat cars in the modern Airbus A-300 aircraft, it has been a five-decade-long journey of building linkages between diverse parts of the country, carrying passengers and helping ... More

SriLankan Airlines handles record cargo

SHIPPING

Ships need permission to enter UAE waters
INDIAN ships sailing to UAE ports will have to apply for permission 15 days in advance from the Government of the United Arab Emirates. The Directorate-General of Shipping has issued a notice to all Indian flagships to this effect. This notice ... More

All major ports to adopt hourly basis berth hire rates from June
The hourly charge rates have been introduced taking into consideration the request from port users. One of the stated positions of TAMP was rationalisation and simplification of the tariff structure in all the major ports. More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

More post offices get global money transfer facility
THE Department of Posts has extended the International Money Transfer Service (IMTS), which facilitates instantaneous transfer of funds from abroad to India, to seven more sub-post offices in the Coimbatore Postal Division. The facility, first ... More

RAILWAYS

RCF begins DEMU rakes production
THE Kapurthala-based Rail Coach Factory (RCF), a production unit under the Ministry of Railways, has started manufacturing the first Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) for metre gauge routes of the network. The DEMUs would replace the existing ... More

Ships in Ports

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