The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 16, 2003

New CEO of Jet Airways targets $60-m profit
THE newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Jet Airways, Mr Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, is looking at taking a number of new initiatives, including making better use of the aircraft, renegotiating rentals for aircraft being leased, entering into ... More

SHIPPING

New age norm for oil tankers may be scrapped
"The age of the vessel is not the sole deciding criteria for vessel safety... it depends a lot on the continuous maintenance. Some single hull oil tankers are better maintained than double hull tankers," says an analyst. More

Improvement in Hooghly river draft near Kolkata Dock System
THE draft in the Hooghly river at the Kolkata Dock System (KDS) is showing signs of improvement, according to Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) sources. As per the forecast for July and August, the available draft will be 8.3 metres compared to 7.8 ... More

SOFTWARE

I'll take it all!
With the IT infrastructure that a company puts in place growing constantly, there's increasing awareness of infrastructure management software. Companies also prefer to hand over their infrastructure care to just one or two vendors. Jumbo needs call for jumbo solutions, right? More

RAILWAYS

Nitish adamant on quitting
AMID high drama surrounding his resignation, the Railways Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, on Tuesday said that he was firm on his decision to quit as his "heart had been broken by needless wrangling within his party". "I offered to face any inquiry ... More

ROADWAYS

Minister seeks States' support to speed up NH projects
LAGGING behind in deadline for completion of Phase 1 of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Mr B.C. Khanduri has called for greater cooperation from the States to speed up the ... More

Truckers' strike total; goods movement halted
Price spiral is already felt, but officials say the Government is fully geared to face the situation and has stocked up essential supplies for three months. More

`NSO is a safe bet for small savings'
THE Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of APSRTC, Mr R.P. Singh, has advocated savings schemes being offered by the National Savings Organisation (NSO), keeping in view the "risky proposition" involved in putting one's money in fly-by-night ... More

Ships in Ports

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