The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 12, 2007

MODERNISATION
Delhi, Mumbai airport modernisation — Efforts to ensure a smoother journey
Chances are that many of us may have passed through either the Delhi or Mumbai airports, or both, over the last year. But how many of us saw or felt any perceptible changes in the two airports? Even if the less observant among us did not notice ... More

AIRLINES
Turbulence ahead for big carriers
The Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation (CAPA) has made a gloomy prediction that large carriers will be driven out of the market if they fail to follow the model of low-cost carriers. "Any new entrant must be low cost and any existing airline not ... More

Air India to name new fleet after States
You may have flown Emperor Narsimha Varman to London or been on board the Periyar while flying to Singapore with Air India. Now get ready to fly with the airline on board Andhra Pradesh or Jharkhand when travelling ... More

SHIPPING
Container terminal operations open up a box of troubles
Different countries having adopted different institutional arrangements for the running of container terminals, and controversies over several issues surface from time to time among regulators, governments, port authorities and the terminal ... More

Dredging up dissent
Not all port trusts that have been sounded to participate in the dredging joint venture proposed to be floated by Shipping Corporation of India are convinced of the rationale of the move. Dredging is a highly specialised job better left to the ... More

`Mangalore can become top petro investment region'
Mangalore can become one of the best petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment regions in the country, depending on how everyone concerned takes the project forward, according to Mr Subir Raha, former Chairman and Managing Director of ... More

Maritime university to be anchored in Chennai
The Central university, with campuses in Kolkata, Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, will foster excellence in various maritime-related areas. More

Work begins on largest shipyard
According to a Xinhua report, the construction of the world's largest shipyard has begun on Shanghai's Changxing Island. The shipyard, to be known as Changxing Shipyard Base, will have a quayline length of more than 4500 metres and a ... More

SOFTWARE
Document disruption
The shippers in the UK will face major disruption from July 1 when the British Customs switches over to a new processing system, warn the head of a freight software company. The new system, an EU initiative, includes numerous new data elements ... More

ROADWAYS
The road ahead for UP roads
Over Rs 1,000 crore is `spent' every year for construction of roads in Uttar Pradesh. "But how much is actually spent for the purpose is anybody's guess," frets `Uttar Pradesh Development Report' of the Planning ... More

OUTLOOK
Weak freight takes wind out of shipping firms' sails
Expectations in the shipping sector are that the tanker market may not pick up in the coming months. As this would keep earnings tight, shipowners are hoping for a firming up of the dry bulk market. More

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