Edition: Issue 134 Sunday, February 18, 2007 |
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Last Week Developments
New Projects
* Samsung sets up second plant near Chennai
Business News And Leads
SOUTH ASIA LAST WEEK
* Jetro pledges support to Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor
AVIATION
* SriLankan set new record
* IA signs in pact with CFM Intl for MRO
* SriLankan to invest SR 350-mn on promotions
* Nepal draws up plans to facelift airports
* Group of Ministers may meet soon on IA-AI merger proposal
* IA signs pact with KfW for flights acquisition funding
* Airblue acquires Airbus A-321 on dry lease
RAILWAYS
* Railways mulls massive CapEx
* Russian Rlys for offering latest tech to India
* WB and ADB signs in $170-mn deal to fund rail projects
* South Western Railway's freight traffic up 13%
* Thar Express to resume service from Feb 17
ROADWAYS
* Pak truckers may get sops
FREIGHT FORWARDERS
* DHL to launch 'All the Way' brand in Asia Pacific
* Blue Dart-DHL unveils 'Import Express'
* TCI teams up with Concor for door-to-door delivery
SUPPLY CHAIN
* Industry status for Transport
* India called for boosting border trade with Bangladesh
* 4 border trade points mooted
* Efficient transit trade sought
* India for competent logistics support
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* Upgrade Chtg Port as regional hub: Nobel Laureate
* Port Qasim to augment capacity by 160% in four years
* Deep-water box port planned
* PQ to raise handling capacity
ROADS
* Pak to undertake road projects worth PR 4.7-bn
* L&T attain major milestone on Hooghly River bridge construction
* Ferozepur Multan to have two-way link road
* Sialkot Lahore motorway project work soon to begin
TECHNOLOGISTICS
* Ship-breaking industry back to business
EXPORT-IMPORT
* Lanka's export earnings up 12 percent
* LCs opening drops by 100-mn in Jan ‘07
TRADE POLICY
* Dhaka told to lift ban on chickens import
CEMENT
* Pakistan's cement exports up 66% in Jul-Jan
ELECTRICITY
* ADB to fund power projects in Pakistan
FOOD & BEVERAGES
* Pak: 100,000-tonnes of wheat export in the offing
PHARMA
* Pharma Park to boost exports
TEXTILES
* Garment exports up 23%
DRYPORT
* e-clearance to more dryports
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