Shipping
Import of second-hand ships sails into rough weather
THE IMPORT of second-hand vessels by domestic shipping companies is back on the licensing list once again, and will remain so at least for a year till the Export-Import (Exim) Policy for 1997-2002 is amended in March 2001.

Transport
Vizag port speeds up multi-purpose berth project
THE CAPACITY expansion of the multi-purpose berths is high on the agenda of the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT).

Inland water transport -- Untapped potential
MY FATHER had a sort of transport business which he wound up before I was born. He ran a bullock-cart service between his village and a far away town. The cart carried mainly vegetables and other farm produce to the wholesale market. On the return trip, which rarely had a full load of cargo, he picked up groceries and finished goods for the village shopkeepers.

VPT soft stand on HSL delay in tug supply
Vizag port has decided to adopt a soft financial stand on State-owned Hindustan Shipyard Ltd, for the latter's delay in delivery of two 50-tonne bollard pull tugs.

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