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INSIGHT: Shipping lines: Buffeted by an ill wind
“It is really scary,” was the first reaction of a leading Custom House agent in Chennai on the current market condition. His concern was the slowdown in the US and its impact on Indian trade. The negative data coming from the ...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: ‘Loads’ of technology
It is a breathtaking view of Chennai port and the Bay of Bengal from the ninth floor of the Chennai Port Trust chairman’s office. But the chairman, K. Suresh, has his eyes on something else — the huge LCD monitor that relays live ...

CONSULTING: ‘Develop surplus land near airports to step up revenue’
Build retail malls, hotels, air cargo facilities: KPMG. Bangalore, Oct. 26 Airports in India have the potential to become money spinners if the nearby surplus land is developed for building retail malls, hotels, logistics and air ...

ROADWAYS: Rush hour
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SHIPPING/PORTS: Vallarpadam ICTT: Set to make Kochi a key hub
The emergence of Kochi port as a transhipment hub for India will become a reality within a year as the construction work for the first phase of the international container transhipment terminal (ICTT) project is progressing rapidly ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Ransom risk cover gets costlier
The spurt in piracy off Somalia has brought into focus how helpless shipowners and crew can be as some international sea trade lanes become dangerous. According to an IMB report, there are 11 ships with more than 200 crew members under detention ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: New maritime training centre
Gateway Terminals India Pvt Ltd (GTI), a joint venture between APM Terminals belonging to AP Moller-Maersk Group of Denmark and India’s Container Corporation of India operating a modern container terminal in Jawaharlal Nehru port, ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Waterways: Is status a saviour?
Last week the Lok Sabha passed two National Waterways Bills. The first Bill relates to the declaring of Talcher-Dharma stretch of the Brahmani-Kharsua-Dharma rivers, Geonkhali-Charbetia stretch of the East Coast Canal and Charbatia-Dhamra stretch ...






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