Shipping
Facilities at Alang
THE major draws for the Alang box office in the coming season include the Alang Ship Recycling Institute (ASRI) getting ready for commissioning by April 2002 at a capital outlay of Rs 4 crore.
New Mangalore Port on reform wave
AS THE winds of globalisation blow across the Karnataka coast, the burden of `development' has fallen on the New Mangalore Port -- the only major port in a State which, like the rest of the country, seems to have immense faith in the possibilities
of export-led growth.
Alang: Building on the E-factor
THE world's largest shipbreaking yard, which had in recent years been facing much flak on the international scale for fetching up short on the safety, health and environment (SHE) front, is threatening to turn a new leaf. This comes in the wake of the so
le regulatory body at Alang -- the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) -- deciding to crack the whip in no uncertain manner, much to the chagrin of the 100-odd ship-breakers of Alang, who had been having things much their way ever since the world's largest g
raveyard for ships came up off the Bhavnagar coast in Saurashtra a couple of decades back.
Transport
Agartala-Dhaka bus link soon
THE long-awaited Agartala-Dhaka bus service is set for a trial run, with the Bangladesh Government giving the clearance. If everything proceeds on schedule, as reports from Agartala suggest, the service will be inaugurated shortly. After Delhi-Lahore and
Kolkata-Dhaka, Agartala-Dhaka will be the third international bus service.
Rlys move to wean road cargo
THE Railway Ministry has introduced some major changes in the norms on station-to-station (STS) rates to wean away core-commodity traffic from roadways. The steps are considered important in view of the current economic slowdown impacting the railways' f
reight movement.
Rlys must steel for piecemeal cargo
REPORTS have it that the Member (Traffic) of the Railway Board has constituted a task force to examine steps to boost transportation of, among other items, finished steel by the Railways, preferably by enticing a portion of the steel traffic now being mo
ved by the road sector.
Water runs deep for pvt sector in IWT
THE new Inland Water Transport Policy authorises the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to issue bonds and mobilise funds from the market as is the case with other infrastructure sectors.
