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Ministry organises national conference on civil aviation
The ministry of civil
aviation has decided to hold a one-day conference on January 18, 2008 at
the Ashok Hotel, New Delhi with the related state ministers and the chief
secretaries of all states/UTs to discuss various programmes and policies
of the government of India on civil aviation as well as to provide a forum
for the states to project issues of concern to them.
India and Hong Kong has
arrived at an air services agreement (ASA) in New Delhi on 17-18 December,
2007. The Indian delegation was led by R.K. Singh, joint secretary in the
ministry of civil aviation while the Hong Kong delegation was led by
Esmond Lee, deputy secretary, Transport and Housing Bureau, Hong Kong.
Cabinet gives in principle approval to airport at Noida
The Union Cabinet okayed the construction of
an international airport at Greater Noida. However, it referred the
subject to a group of ministers (GoM) to resolve the disputes regarding
some objections raised by the Delhi International Airport (DIAL). DIAL may
also construct the new airport through JV with UP government and AAI, if
their bid is not below 90 per cent of the highest bidder for the new
airport. The GoM will comprise P. Chidambaram, finance minister; H.R.
Bhardwaj, law minister; Kapil Sibal, science and technology minister and
Praful Patel, civil aviation minister.
Conference on trans-national highways to be held in Delhi
With an objective of developing trans-national
highways and road network for promotion of trade, commerce and tourism
between India, Asia & Europe, All India Transporters Welfare Association (AITWA)
has organised for the first time, an international conference on January 7
and 8, 2008 titled ‘India Global Logistic Vision 2008’ at the Hotel The
Grand, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.
Ajay Khera joins Horizon Country Wide Logistics
Ajay Khera has taken over as vice
chairman & managing director of Horizon Country Wide Logistics, a Group
Company of SKIL Infrastructure in Mumbai. Prior to this assignment, he was
with Central Warehousing Corporation, and took voluntary retirement from
the Corporation, after serving it and the government for about 29 years.
Asia export surge boosts India shipping business
Asia and especially ASEAN
region, have emerged the key trading partners for India with growing
exports, mainly of agricultural produce, frozen meat and seafood, and
import of China-made goods lifting trade on these routes to higher levels.
India’s exports to Asian countries and the ASEAN region jumped 28.86 per
cent to US$ 72.6 billion in the 12-month period to March, accounting for
49.78 per cent of India’s total exports by value. In comparison, exports
to North America rose 11.39 per cent to US$ 2.3 billion in the same
period, making up 15.85 per cent of exports by value.
Trans-Asia Shipping Corp (Tasco), scheduled to list on Bursa Malaysia board on December 28, 2007, sees its wider network as enhancing its standing in the competitive logistics industry. The company intends to synergise its sea, air and land services by servicing customers with a network that combines the shipping fleet of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) group. Manufacturers prefer one-stop solutions providers, the company says. |
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