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ACCIDENTS
Spotlight on safety
When it bagged the Rs 127-crore offshore contract from ONGC in June, Sical Logistics would never have anticipated that it would be in for a spell of bad times. On July 9, just four days after it took delivery, Samudrika-10, one of the ... More

AIR CARGO
BAWC on a high
British Airways World Cargo (BAWC) has announced that it has renewed the wet-lease of its three Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft for an additional five years from Global Supply Systems (GSS) in a deal with total operating costs of over $1 ... More

AIRLINES
Jet launches new link to New York
Mumbai, Aug. 5 With the launch of its Mumbai-New York flight (via Brussels) on Sunday, Jet Airways has joined the league of airlines in India eyeing transatlantic routes. The national carrier Air India introduced its daily non-stop ... More

Canara Bank plans tie-up with airlines, financial institutions
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SHIPPING
Winds of change blowing for liner shipping?
The office of the Director-General of Shipping is to shortly hold a meeting with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to discuss the issue of anti-trust immunity currently being enjoyed by the liner shipping. The other stakeholders, such ... More

Vizag to remain top cargo port
Visakhapatnam, Aug. 5 The Visakhapatnam port, the number one port in the country for the past seven years in cargo-handling, is set to handle 63 million tonnes during the financial year and retain the slot, according to the Chairman, Mr K ... More

Dredging up efficiency
Who should bear the cost of infrastructure development, the government, or the beneficiaries concerned? In most countries it is the government but not necessarily in India. Take the case of dredging. Except Kolkata port, whose dredging ... More

Bargeful of problems
Barge-loading of fly ash for exports to Bangladesh has been going on at private jetties on the Hooghly under the Kolkata Dock System but never before the sinking of a barge carrying fly ash in the Hooghly has caused so much furore. A Bangladeshi ... More

RAILWAYS
Railways finalising wagon lease policy
New Delhi, Aug. 5With the Indian Railways in the process of firming up wagon leasing policy, firms other than Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) can lease wagons to be run on railways system. While various options are being ... More

ROADWAYS
APSRTC to boost rural service
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OUTLOOK
Air India all set to fly higher
With the merger of Air India and Indian underway, the merged airline (called Air India) is drawing up big plans to increase its operations, not only domestically but also across the globe.Symbolically, the new face of the airline was ... More

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