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Monday, April 20, 2009
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, April 20, 2009 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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LOGISTICS AIRLINES: Serving food on planes, a serious biz indeed New Delhi, April 19 Have you ever wondered how much those curious meals on planes cost the airline? For full service airlines the cost of feeding a planeload of passengers can be up to 3 per cent of their total costs. This is roughly equal to ... INTERVIEW: ‘Focus will be on harnessing revenue from various streams’ Despite the initial hiccups, the new greenfield airport in Hyderabad is looking forward to harnessing revenues from other streams in its second year. In an interview with Business Line soon after completing one year of operations, ... SHIPPING/PORTS: Container, iron ore cargoes boost NMP traffic At a time when the global slowdown has affected every sector, including ports, the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) managed to perform well during ... PIRACY: Concerted action against sea piracy is key The rise in sea piracy off Somalia coast and the great threat to seafarers came into sharp focus at a seminar held at Kochi on the occasion of National Maritime Day recently. Last year there were as many as 239 incidents involving 49 ... EVENTS: Seminar on shipping documentation Kochi, April 19 CII Institute of Logistics, established by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) focusing on the logistics and supply chain management, will be organising a seminar on ‘Shipping documentation and its legal implications ... INFRASTRUCTURE: Delhi airport ... EVENTS: Seminar on shipping documentation Kochi, April 19 CII Institute of Logistics, established by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) focusing on the logistics and supply chain management, will be organising a seminar on ‘Shipping documentation and its legal implications ... SHIPPING/PORTS: No sign of early logistics recovery Has the downturn in logistics sector hit the bottom? According to UK-based Transport Logistics, there are a few signs to suggest that downward cycle currently being experienced by the global freight and logistics industry may be coming to an ... RAILWAYS: Idle rakes have their uses too Several private container train operators, hit by the present downturn, are understood to have approached the Container Corporation of India (Concor) for help, which could be of various types. For example, Concor can take the former’s ... SHIPPING/PORTS: Pipavav gears up for growth spurt Last week, APM Terminals’ CEO, Kim Fejfer, visited Pipavav port, India’s first private sector port on the West coast run by his company. During the visit, Mr Fejfer switched on the first of two new post-Panamax quay cranes ...
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