The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 12, 2005

Aircraft acquisition — Indian Airlines' long wait is over
INDIAN AIRLINES' long wait for new aircraft is finally over. After a long struggle, when the airline's market share dipped from almost 66 per cent in 1997-98 to close to 38 per cent at the end of 2004, finally on ... More

Air Deccan begins services from Mumbai to Nagpur via Nashik
AIR Deccan has launched its new service from Mumbai to Nagpur via Nashik and back. The Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, flagged off the first flight on Saturday. The commercial operations to Nagpur will commence on September 12. In ... More

Air Arabia to introduce Sharjah-Nagpur service
The operations will benefit customers as well as trade and commerce from the nearby cities such as Indore, Aurangabad, Bhopal, Jabalpur by connecting them to West Asia. More

Eye-in-the-sky
A report by Voice of America, as quoted in Schednet Web site, suggests that Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have agreed to begin their joint air patrol over the Strait of Malacca from September 13. Each country will offer two planes ... More

SHIPPING

Container vessels tonnage glut may lower building prices
THE TOP 20 shipping companies control around 80 per cent of the container shipping capacity of 7.5 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) and Indian flag-carriers are not even close. There are 10 container vessels ... More

Maharashtra's major plans for minor ports
THE Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) has drawn up major plans for development of minor ports in the State, involving significant private sector participation. With a coastline of 720 km, Maharashtra offers tremendous ... More

Name change
The name of Surrendra Overseas Ltd, the shipping arm of the Apeejay Surrendra Group, is being changed. Apeejay Shipping will be the new name, and a resolution to this effect has been passed by the company's board. Our ... More

Costlier cover
The operators of ports and terminals may have to cough up more by way insurance premium when they come to renew cover, as a result of the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina, according to a report in the Lloyd's List. Our ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Concor's trial despatch
CONTAINER Corporation of India has sent on an experimental basis a consignment of two containers of wheat by barges to Narayangunge near Dhaka in Bangladesh. The cargo was brought by trucks from Punjab to the Kolkata Dock System for loading onto ... More

FedEx doubles capacity
FedEx Express is doubling capacity from Europe to India and rest of Asia and linking India and China with the industry's first overnight express service. Our ... More

ROADWAYS

NHAI signs Rs 360-cr pact with Western UP Tollway
THE National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed a Rs 360-crore agreement with Western UP Tollway for its BOT (build-operate-transfer) contract under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP)— Phase III A. The agreement was ... More

`Concrete roads better than bitumen track'
CONCRETE roads, on techno-economic considerations, have turned out to be far superior to bitumen roads, and will prove to be sustainable in the future road construction programmes. Mr C. C. Bhattacharya, former DG, (Road Development) and ... More

Ships in Ports

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