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July 3rd, 2009 — News
Panprojects India is moving the first set of four coaches for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC) from Bombardier’s Savli factory in Gujarat to DMRC Depot, Khyber Pass, New Delhi by road – a distance of approximately 1,100 km.
The coaches have been loaded and will move out on 3rd July after 11:00 pm. They are expected to reach Delhi by the 12th of July, 2009.
July 1st, 2009 — News
The domestic ground handling policy that was to be implemented initially from 01 January, 2009, and was already deferred till the 1st of July, 2009, has now been further postponed by another 6 months.
Some key executives from the industry hinted at the possibility that the ground handlers are not ready with the required infrastructure, and are of the opinion that they should be penalised for the delay.
June 23rd, 2009 — News
Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) is currently moving a 44 m long, 4.4 m wide and 3.6 m high urea reactor for the PetroChina Company Ltd.
The 275 ton reactor, which was manufactured over the past one year, is being moved from L&T’s Powai facility to the Mumbai Port by road. It left the L&T Powai campus from Gate No. 1 at 1:00 am on the 23nd June, 2009.
May 9th, 2009 — Issue 1 February 2009
The continued economic boom of the past few years had resulted in a substantial increase in the Container Freight Stations (CFSs) surrounding our major container ports, particularly, JNPT. The original intention of these CFSs was to decongest the already overloaded ports. And they seem to have attained this objective in the short term. All parties involved are of the opinion that the rapid increase in container traffic over the past few years could never have been accommodated unless the CFS would have come up.
However, the rapid decline in container volumes over the last few quarters has now revealed that some players might have gone over enthusiastic on CFS development, and consequently pushed the supply on the higher side. Consolidation, if not complete closure, of some CFSs seems inevitable. In fact, there have been a few cases where the smaller ones unable to attract enough traffic have been on the verge of closing down. In such a scenario, to avoid closure, the bigger and stable companies have either taken over the small CFSs or have had an amalgamation of services. For instance, the Punjab State Container and Warehousing Corporation (Punjab Conware) CFS owned by Punjab government was taken over by Gateway Distriparks Ltd in order to avoid the closure of the CFS.
