The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, January 02, 2003

Aviation sector hopes for friendly Budget
THE domestic aviation industry is pinning its hopes on the Budget. Expectations are that it will provide some relief to the major players through rationalisation of the cost of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and user charges such as landing and ... More

More flight links to Saudi Arabia
COME April and air travellers from Kozhikode, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi will be able to travel to Riyadh on Air India. This emerged at the recently concluded bilateral air services agreement between India and Saudi Arabia. At the ... More

SHIPPING

India Steamship mulls buying crude tanker
INDIA Steamship Company (ISS), the shipping company belonging to the K.K. Birla Group, is considering the purchase of an Aframax type crude tanker, i.e. of the capacity ranging between 80,000 and 1,20,000 dwt. ``We are in the market to identify ... More

Kakinada anchorage port improves performance
KAKINADA anchorage port, whose very existence was under threat earlier this year, has done 0well during the past nine months by handling two million tonnes of cargoes and, if all goes well, the port may handle a record 2.4 million tonnes by the ... More

Cochin Shipyard repairs mv Akbar ahead of schedule
COCHIN Shipyard Ltd has completed the ship repair work on m.v. Akbar, the largest passenger liner of the Andaman and Nicobar Administration, 10 days ahead of schedule. The vessel, operated by Shipping Corporation of India, was drydocked on ... More