The Hindu Business Line : Friday, December 30, 2005

Cabinet approves international airport status for Jaipur
THE Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal for declaring the existing domestic airport in Jaipur into an international airport. The decision to make Jaipur an international airport was announced by the then Finance Minister, Mr ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

`Improve aviation facility at Madurai'
THE Tamilnadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has appealed to the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent charge), Mr Praful Patel, to expedite the provision of aviation facilities at the Madurai airport. A delegation from the ... More

SHIPPING

Mumbai, Chennai port container terminal bids — Hutchison Port gets security clearance
Hutchison Port Holdings is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, which is one of the world's leading port investors, developers and operators. It operates 242 berths in 41 ports and handled 47.8 million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent unit ) in 2004. More

Mitsui-led consortium wins contract to build LNG tanker for Petronet
THE consortium led by Mitsui OSK Lines and involving Shipping Corporation of India Ltd, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, has won the contract for construction and time charter of one LNG tanker for transportation of ... More

Kochi Refineries' SPM project hit by strike
EVEN as Kochi Refineries Ltd (KRL) is in the process of awarding major contracts for the single point mooring (SPM) and laying pipelines, the construction at Puthuvypeen near here has come to a halt after the head-load workers went on a strike ... More

Paradip port to install 2 new cranes
PARADIP Port will shortly have two new cranes, each of 20-tonne capacity, installed at its central quay. Estimated to cost Rs 6 crore each, the cranes are being supplied by TIL Ltd. The port has also planned to replace two of its three existing ... More

RAILWAYS

Talks likely on new Indo-Pak rail link
RAIL traffic may soon start between India and Pakistan through the Munnabao-Khokrapar link with the Pakistan delegation slated to meet the Indian Railway officials next week. This would be the second rail link between India and Pakistan. The ... More

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