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SHIPPING
The Amingaon tea party begins
Every year, around this time, Container Corporation of India (Concor) holds a meeting in Guwahati to work out the programme for the year's tea exports to be routed through the Amingaon Inland Container Depot (ICD). At the meeting held recently ... More

THC in news in South China region
The THC (terminal handling charge) issue is again hotting up in the South China region. The shippers in the region are up in arms against carriers for announcing the hikes in the THCs — ranging from a low of 186 per cent to 339 per cent, ... More

Fire in Pak National Shipping
Fire recently destroyed four floors of Pakistan National Shipping Corporation's building in Karachi. No loss of life was reported. The affected floors housed the offices of chairman, the minister, board of directors, a library, besides finance ... More

Inland waterways — fast, cheap and safe
Increased cargo movement in India in recent times has once again brought into focus the need to develop inland waterways to ease the congestion on road and rail systems. Industry experts got together in Mumbai recently to discuss ways to ... More

TAXATION
Incentive is service taxable
We are a company engaged in real-estate business and primarily work with builders. As we are a sales organiser for these builders, we bill them for the area sold and get a commission out of that. We levy service tax on the bills and deposit ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
India-US logistics network
Dachser, the Germany-headquarterd logistics solutions provider, recently took over AFT International, a US logistics service provider, and since the beginning of this month AFT became Dachser Transport of America. In February, Dachser founded a ... More

RAILWAYS
Awaiting completion
ON TOP GEAR: Work in full swing at the Shahadra-Dilshad Garden Metro rail line in New Delhi on Sunday.

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Track PPP's health
``Tube carries one billion passengers for first time,'' announces Transport for London (www.tfl.gov.uk), in a press release dated March 28. The number is the tally that London Underground (LU) or the tube could achieve in fiscal 2006-07; a ... More

ROADWAYS
NHAI takes a new route
To avoid delays and cost over-runs More

Truck accidents
While there can be no two opinions about the rising trend of road accidents in the country, there are differences over the causes. According to some, the accidents are on the rise because trucks and buses do not observe lane discipline. According ... More

Airtel PCO services in MSRTC buses
Bharti Airtel has entered into a tie-up with the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to launch its GSM-based Airtel PCO services in over 4,000 MSRTC buses. Airtel will offer the pre-paid PCO service in over 4,500 MSRTC long ... More

`MSRTC likely to post profits this year'
Adding 2,000 buses to its fleet More

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