The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 09, 2008

LOGISTICS

RAILWAYS: Southern Railway passenger volume up 12%, earnings 16%
Higher growth could be due to costlier air/road travel. Chennai, Aug. 8 Attribute it to the rising air fares or the increase in petrol and diesel prices, Southern Railway is seeing a healthy growth in passenger traffic and earnings, both on ...

RAILWAYS: Rlys total earnings rise 21% in April-July
New Delhi, Aug 8 The Indian Railways registered a 21 per cent growth year-on-year in its total earnings for the April 1-July 31 period with the revenues touching Rs 26,397.04 crore. ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: SAIL's record loading of imported coal
The month of July proved to be significant for Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in matter of loading imported coal in three east coast ports of Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Haldia. During the month, as many as 319 rakes were loaded, ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Trailer crew withdraw strike at Kochi Port
Movement of containers to and from the Kochi Port has begun from Friday morning following the withdrawal of the 3-day old strike by the trailer crew after talks with the port ...

AIRLINES: Move to scrap commission on air tickets opposed
The proposed move by airline companies to scrap the five per cent commission to recognised travel agencies will badly affect the livelihood of an estimated three lakh people employed by some 40,000 small and big travel agencies. ...

SOFTWARE: Maxsoft eyeing vehicle safety solutions space
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 7 Bangalore-based Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) player Maxsoft India is gearing up to offer complete solutions in vehicle safety. ...

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