The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 22, 2008

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SHIPPING/PORTS: Cochin Shipyard building 20 offshore vessels
May set up small ship division next year. Kochi, Nov. 21 The public sector Cochin Shipyard Ltd is in the process of constructing 20 offshore vessels, valued at Rs 3,000 crore, for European and American ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: ‘AP should constitute maritime board soon’
Visakhapatnam, Nov. 21 The Andhra Pradesh Government should hasten the process of constituting a maritime board for the speedy development of the non-major ports in the State, following the example of Gujarat, said Capt. P.V.K Mohan, ...

PEOPLE: BIAL chief to step down
There will be a change of guard at BIAL, the company operating the six-month-old Bengaluru International Airport at ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Slowdown shaves 10% off Dighi port project cost
Pune, Nov 21 In the proverbial silver lining to the slowdown cloud, the cost of building Dighi Port, billed Maharashtra’s first greenfield port to receive all necessary clearances and approvals, is down by nearly Rs 100 crore, or around ...

PIRACY: Pirates of Somalia
The sanction given to the Indian Navy to operate with a free hand in Somalia’s territorial waters, following the sinking of a pirate vessel by a Navy frigate, is important in the context of making the Gulf of Aden safer for ships. ...

ROADWAYS: CCEA okays changes to N-E road development plan
New Delhi, Nov. 21 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved certain modifications to the Phase ‘A’ of Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North East (SARDP-NE) to provide road linkage to Sittwe port ...

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