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India ranks 39 on World goods transportation list

Wednesday 7 November '07

India’s emerging economy may be catapulting it to new highs in international trade, but the country still has miles to go...
US may pip BRIC in infrastructure investments, says report

Tuesday 6 November '07

While popular perception may have one believe that Brazil, Russia, India and China are likely to compete among...
Various work-in-progress projects hit roadblock

Saturday 3 November '07

Even as the World Bank chief Robert Zoellick is visiting India to take stock of various bank-aided programmes in the country...
All decks cleared for Vizhinjam port project

Saturday 27 October '07

After several delays and false starts, construction work at one of India’s first international container trans-shipment hub and deepwater port...
Expressway toll may soon be linked to distance travelled

Thursday 25 October '07

In a move that is likely to benefit consumers just as much as it would India’s premier road development authority...
After SEZs, logistics

Thursday 11 October '07

The future of mega warehousing in India is running into an all-too-familiar cul-de-sac.
Logistics cos building bridges across links

Monday 17 September '07

At a time when companies across the world are outsourcing various components of their business to specialised players to ring in efficiency...
Concor to sail into sea-trade business

Saturday 8 September '07

Stripped off its monopoly in the containerised terminal operations and rail transport business, the Rs 3,000-crore Container Corporation of India...
Mumbai to Kolkata by truck: 11 km an hour

Wednesday 5 September '07

The 2,150-km journey from Mumbai to Kolkata takes just over two days by rail and four days by car.
With truck margins slowing, TCI transports focus to supply chain

Wednesday 29 August '07

Plagued by shrinking margins in the highly competitive trucking business
After years of crawling, transport sector is shifting to the fast lane

Friday 17 August '07

At over 33 lakh km, it has the second largest road network in the world. Its 63,000 km long railway network is the most extensive in Asia..
PPP model lifts road projects to top gear

Tuesday 14 August '07

If inordinate delays and expensive inconveniences seem to have dogged the fate of publicly owned roads in the country so far, the infusion of private blood...
Ahead of Japan PM’s trip, states vie for investment

Thursday 9 August '07

Ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s visit to India later this month to finalise the proposed $90 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
Lanka braces for huge port expansion project

Friday 3 August '07

India may be gearing up its port infrastructure to capture a major chunk of the maritime business passing through the Indian Ocean, but its southern neighbour, Sri Lanka...
Uttarakhand devises a unique way to em‘power’ women

Tuesday 31 July '07

While private entrepreneurs get a piece of the action in last-mile power reforms of Uttar Pradesh, women in India’s hilly inaccessible terrain can now stake their claim to turning entrepreneurs as well.
Power franchisee model is one UP on utility

Monday 30 July '07

Public-Private Partnership: UPPCL plans to get 10 lakh people, 50% of total rural consumers in the state, under the scheme in FY’08
NHAI woos private players with high risk-high freedom model

Thursday 26 July '07

Taking private participation in road projects a step further, implementing agencies like NHAI have now started transferring more project-related risks to private players.
Pune’s indigenous formula to cut power deficit hits a roadblock

Monday 23 July '07

The Pune model of mitigating load shedding by roping in captive private projects to generate electricity has run into a roadblock.
NHAI flashes red signal to yet another road project

Friday 20 July '07

The country’s premier road agency, the National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI), crucial port connectivity programme has run into rough weather...
Smooth-sailing minor ports veering towards major league

Thursday 12 July '07

India˜s key ports like JNPT, Vishakapatnam and Kandla have for long been the mainstay of the country’s sea-borne trade...
After airports, PPP runway for bus terminal development

Wednesday 4 July '07

After privatisation of airports and roads, it’s now the turn of the country’s unorganised bus terminals to take the public-private-partnership path.
Private players queue up for public sector NHAI’s projects

Wednesday 27 June '07

National Highways Authority of India’s decision to open up large stretches of highways to private participation has received a warm toast from industry.
Port mechanisation, rail investment can put transport in fast lane

Thursday 21 June '07

Three issues need to be addressed squarely if the cost of iron ore and other bulk and heavy commodity transportation in the country has to fall and match global standards.
High freight rates make every metal precious

Wednesday 20 June '07

It costs more to transport a tonne of iron ore from Jamshedpur to Mumbai than it does to ship it from Mumbai to Rotterdam.
India exports PPP model for road-building to Lanka

Tuesday 12 June '07

Having steadfastly pursued its privatisation programme in the road sector, India is now exporting the PPP model to its southern neighbour, Sri Lanka.
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