The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 09, 2009

LOGISTICS

INSIGHT: Partners in aerospace
The aerospace industry is always looking a long way ahead. It is one of the very few business sectors that has to make plans for the future not five years but 15 to 20 years ahead. Manufacturing aircraft requires that sort of long-term ...

AIRLINES: GHIAL to host global airlines meet in March
Hyderabad, Feb. 8 GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) will host the 7th Routes Asia 2009 – a premier event for airlines and airports to work together to sustain and develop air services – during March ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Marine pilots against lowering norms
Marine pilots in the major ports are upset over the Shipping Ministry’s move to lower the qualifications required for their job. The move is believed to be aimed at overcoming the shortage of pilots in ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Mangalore port benefits from cashew imports
The year 2009 seems to have begun well for New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) with more mainline container vessels coming calling. These vessels have found potential in catering to the needs of the Karnataka cashew ...

INTERVIEW: New international terminal at Thiruvananthapuram by May
In 1991, the Thiruvananthapuram airport officially became the country’s fifth international airport. However, even before this, airlines such as Air India and the erstwhile Air Lanka (now SriLankan Airlines) used to connect the city ...

EVENTS: Great Lakes students win top 3 slots at DHL Bonn meet
Chennai, Feb. 8 Students of Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, won the top three positions at the DHL Fast Forward – worldwide logistics business simulation contest – held at Bonn, Germany, recently. The contest ...

SECURITY: Cabinet Secy reviews airport security
New Delhi, Feb. 8 The Cabinet Secretary, Mr K.M. Chandrashekhar, on Saturday, held a meeting to review the response mechanism of various organisations involved in aviation security in case of an emergency ...

AIR CARGO: Screening burden on aviation
The aviation industry fears that 100 per cent cargo screening, being insisted upon by the US Government’s Homeland Security, will cost the industry greatly and is urging the Government to foot the bill, if not fully, at least partially, ...

RAILWAYS: Metre-gauge: Out or in?
Metre-gauge network accounts for an estimated 23 per cent of the 63,000 route km of the Indian Railways and yet the Railways have stopped metre-gauge track renewals and acquisitions of wagons and coaches used on the metre-gauge network. The ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Slow steaming in slowdown
Reports have it that the world’s three major container giants – Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM – are re-routing some of their services and slow steaming around the Cape of Good Hope to cut down on costs. By so doing, they will not ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: Nepal traders fish for ports
The traders in Nepal, who have been using only Kolkata port so far (including Haldia) for routing their imports and exports – in fact, more imports than exports according to the India-Nepal Transit Treaty – are now exploring, ...

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