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Port capacity set to cross 1 billion tonne mark

Indian port sector is all set to touch a milestone with the combined capacities of all major and non-major ports crossing the one-billion tonne mark in September.

According to port officials, the nation-wide capacity today stands at 996 million tonnes. With Gujarat Maritime Board facilities adding 19 million tonnes next month, the total capacity in the country is headed to rest at 1015 million tonnes.

It is a momentous occasion for the country and its maritime industry and the ministry is planning to celebrate it in style. However, there is a flip side to the story. The major chunk of the contribution to the growth in capacity has come not from the government-controlled 12 major ports but from the non-major ports, led by those managed by Gujarat Maritime Board.

For example, the total capacity available with the 12 major ports as on June 30, 2010 was 619.88 million tonnes, non-major ports’ contribution was 355.06 million tonnes. Of the 355.06 million tonnes capacity, Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) controlled ports alone contributed to 243.64 million tonnes.

The capacities available at non-major ports as on June 30, 2010 were: Gujarat (243.64 million tonnes), Andhra Pradesh (49.14 million tonnes), Maharashtra (28.28 million tonnes), Goa (13.90 million tonnes), Karnataka (9.20 million tonnes), Puducherry (4.30 million tonnes), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (3.23 million tonnes), Orissa (2.00 million tonnes), Tamil Nadu (1.2 million tonnes), Kerala (0.17 million tonnes) and Daman & Diu (0.005 million tonnes).

According to Capt Sandeep Chandra Mathur, chief nautical officer of Gujarat Maritime Board, three facilities would contribute a total of 19 million tonnes capacity from next month. They are: Essar jetty at Magdalla, Adani’s solid cargo terminal at Dahej and Kribco jetty at Magdalla, which is being revived.

The total capacity of the ports has grown 84.4% from 135 million tonnes in 2000-01 to 244 million in 2009-10.

If the progress made by GMB ports so far is incredible, they have much reason to look forward to. 

ARC reports India bouncing back fast from recession

Everyone is still struggling to recover from what is being called the Great Recession, but India, according to one analyst from ARC Advisory Group, is faring better than many other countries.

In the U.S., the economy is slowly limping back to recovery, but in India, the economic recovery from the Great Recession is far more pronounced, according to the latest analysis by ARC Advisory Group. 

According to new research by Rajabahadur V. Arcot, General Manager of ARC Advisory Group India, the Indian economy is now in the same position it was in prior to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the U.S. 

"Some countries, such as India, have weathered the storm better because of the positive impact of the State's stimulus package on its economy, which had only recently entered a strong growth phase and as such enjoyed a robust demand-centric market," Arcot wrote in India's Economy Returns to Pre-Lehman Brothers Era of Robust Growth. "Consumer demand in India did retreat a bit because of the global impact, but recovered quickly." 

As proof, Arcot cited recent indices of industrial production in that country, which show the manufacturing sector in India leapt up 18.5 percent in December 2009 compared to December 2008. In addition, the consumer durables industry, in the same time period, went up 46 percent compared to 2008, and capital goods rose by 38.8 percent.  

The purchasing managers' index, which needs to be above 50 percent to register growth, has been above 50 since April of 2009, and hit 57.6 percent in January 2010, Arcot wrote. 

"All these growth indicators show that India's economy is back to the era of robust growth that preceded the Lehman Brothers' collapse," he wrote. 

Arcot cited "sustained consumer demand" as one reason, but added that cutting costs and lower interest rates were also contributing factors to the speedy turnaround. 

The automotive industry took off in January 2010. Arcot wrote that major manufacturers such as Tata Motors, Mahindra &Mahindra, and General Motors India, as well as Maruti Suzuki, posted record January sales. Motorcycle manufacturers also posted massive increases in sales compared to January 2009. 

Similar surges in revenues can be found in cement, electric power, and manufactured power equipment companies, as well as in the steel, pharmaceutical, and software industries. 

Arcot cautioned that the economy in India is not out of the woods yet. "Uncertain times lie ahead and manufacturing companies and technology solution providers have to restructure their business strategies to meet the ‘new normal' challenges," he wrote. 

But the new normal, or what he also called the "reset" world economic order, is here to stay, and with an eye on growth-oriented markets, companies in India will continue to succeed.  

World's largest man -made movable object is going to be scrapped

The largest moving man-made object ever built.  The longest ship ever built.  The ship with the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded, at 646,642 tons.  This is the ULCC KNOCK NEVIS.  She was originally built as the SEAWISE GIANT, and later possessed the names HAPPY GIANT, and JAHRE VIKING.  Her final name was MONT, the name given to her for her final voyage from the Middle East to India.  She now lies beached in the graveyard of ships in Alang, India where she is slowly being ripped to pieces.

Specifications:

Tonnage:	260,941 GT 214,793 NT
Displacement:	81,879 long tons light ship 646,642 long tons full load
Length:	458.45 m (1,504.10 ft)
Beam:	68.8 m (225.72 ft)
Draught:	24.611 metres (80.74 ft)
Depth:	29.8 m (97.77 ft)
Propulsion:	Steam Turbine
Speed:	16 knots
Capacity:	564,763 DWT

The ship has certainly had her share of stories.  She partially sank at one point, but only after having several Exocet missiles fired from Iraqi jets explode on her decks which eventually led to her being declared a total lost once.  She’s seen multiple owners over her lifetime, and ultimately ended up servings as a permanently moored floating storage platform at the Qatar Al Shaheen oil field in the Persian Gulf.

The Jahre Viking at her finest.

Its expected to take at least a year to dismantle this beast.  It is sad to think that this is the end for such an amazing feat of engineering and design.

Below is the only known photo on the net of the vessel beached at the breakers.

Enterprise Resource Planning

[Enterprise Resource Planning]

ERP is defined as an integrated software package, which integrates all the department of an organization. Several department of an organization are marketing, sales, finance, production etc. Since an ERP package integrates these entire departments, thus the performance of an organization will be improved. It is used to manage the important part of business including product planning, purchasing, maintaining inventories, customer service etc.

Every department has its own computer system optimized for their particular work but an ERP system combines them all together into a single computer through integrated system approach. In short ERP system provides a single database where business transaction are recorded, processed, monitored and reported.
ERP system does not replace the computer of a particular department rather it integrates all the department of an organization into a single computer and provides a flexible database.

BENEFITS OF AN ERP SYSTEM OR REASONS FOR GROWTH OF ERP

• Effective utilization of resources
• Improvement in business performance
• Reduction of inventory due to JIT approach
• Integration of information i.e. integration of all the department of an organization.
• Sharing of common data and information
• Global Adaptation
• Improvement in the quality of the product at the same price
• ERP targeted all types of business organization whether large business or small business organization
• Lowers the total cost in supply chain management through JIT approach.
• Eliminate limitation in legacy system i.e. traditional system
• Order fulfillment improvement
• Improvement in customer service.

Top 100 container ports

RANK'08	RANK'07	PORT	COUNTRY	THROUGHPUT'08
1	1	SINGAPORE	SINGAPORE	29,973,000
2	2	SHANGHAI	CHINA	28,006,400
3	3	HONGKONG	CHINA	24,495,000
4	4	SHENZHEN	CHINA	21,416,000
5	5	BUSAN	SOUTH KOREA	13,452,786
6	7	DUBAI	UAE	11,800,000
7	12	GUANGZHOU	CHINA	11,001,400
8	11	NINGBO-ZHOUSHAN	CHINA	10,933,700
9	6	ROTTERDAM	NETHERLANDS	10,830,000
10	10	QINGDAO	CHINA	10,024,400
11	9	HAMBURG	GERMANY	9,737,110
12	8	KAOHSSIUNG	TAIWAN	9,676,554
13	14	ANTWERP	BELGIUM	8,666,736
14	17	TIANJIN	CHINA	8,502,700
15	16	KLANG	MALAYSIA	7,973,579
16	13	LOS ANGLES	USA	7,849,984
17	15	LONG BEACH	USA	6,487,816
18	18	TANJUNG PELEPAS	MALAYSIA	5,600,000
19	20	BERMERHAVEN	GERMANY	5,500,709
20	19	NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY	USA	5,265,053
21	21	LAEN CHABANG	THAILAND	5,133,930
22	22	XIAMEN	CHINA	5,034,600
23	24	PANAMA	PANAMA	4,651,556
24	26	DALIAN	CHINA	4,502,756
25	25	JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU PORT	INDIA	4,185,000
26	23	TOKYO	JAPAN	4,155,997
27	27	JAKARTA	INDONESIA	3,984,278
28	31	COLOMBO	SRI LANKA	3,687,338
29	35	VALENCIA	SPAIN	3,602,112
30	29	YOKOHAMA	JAPAN	3,481,492
31	28	GIOIA TAURO	ITALY	3,467,772
32	33	HO CHI MINH	VIETNAM	3,400,000
33	34	JEDDAH	SAUDI ARABIA	3,325,749
34	30	ALGECIRAS	SPAIN	3,324,310
35	39	SAID PORT	EGYPT	3,257,749
36	32	FILIXSTOWE	UK	3,200,000
37	40	SALALAH	OMAN	3,086,000
38	37	MANILA	PHILIPPINES	2,997,022
39	57	LIANYUNGANG	CHINA	2,965,000
40	36	NAGOYA	JAPAN	2,816,827
41	44	SANTOS	BRAZIL	2,674,975
42	46	DURBAN	SOUTH AFRICA	2,642,165
43	43	SAVANNAH	USA	2,616,125
44	42	BARCELONA	SPAIN	2,569,549
45	61	SUZHOU	CHINA	2,569,500
46	47	KOBE	JAPAN	2,556,584
47	52	SHARJAH-INCL KORFAKKAN	UAE	2,501,829
48	45	VANCOUVER	CANADA	2,492,107
49	41	LE HAVRE	FRANCE	2,450,000
50	38	ISTANBUL	TURKEY	2,397,086
51	60	MALTA FREEPORT	MALTA	233,000
52	51	MELBOURNE	AUSTRALIA	2,303,186
53	49	OSAKA	JAPAN	2,243,362
54	48	OAKLAND	USA	2,233,533
55	55	ZEEBREGGE	BELGIUM	2,209,715
56	53	VIRGINIA	USA	2,083,278
57	54	SURABAYA	INDONESIA	2,064,673
58	50	KEELUNG	TAIWAN	2,055,258
59	79	YINGKOU	CHINA	2,036,400
60	67	BANDAR ABBAS	IRAN	2,000,230
61	69	ST PETERSBURG	RUSSIA	1,983,110
62	56	KINGSTON	JAMAICA	1,915,952
63	59	TACOMA	USA	1,861,358
64	71	SYDNEY	AUSTRALIA	1,856,978
65	66	GWANG YANG	SOUTH KOREA	1,810,048
66	64	HOUSTON	USA	1,794,309
67	68	BUENOS AIRES	ARGENTINA	1,779,107
68	63	JENOA	ITALY	1,766,605
69	61	SOUTHAMPTON	UK	1,710,000
70	58	SEATTLE	USA	1,704,492
71	72	INCHEON	SOUTH KOREA	1,703,362
72	73	FREE PORT	BAHAMAS	1,698,000
73	70	SAN JUAN	USA	1,684,883
74	65	CHARLESTON	USA	1,635,535
75	82	YANTAI	CHINA	1,531,500
76	80	MONTREAL	CANADA	1,473,914
77	74	BANGKOK	THAILAND	1,451,951
78	75	LAS PALNAS	SPAIN	1,429,547
79	77	MANZANILLO	MEXICO	1,409,782
80	86	HAIFA	ISRAEL	1,395,900
81	76	CONSTANTZA	ROMANIA	1,380,935
82	90	NANJING	CHINA	1,292,100
83	89	DAMMAM	SAUDI ARABIA	1,247,039
84	85	LA SPEZIA	ITALY	1,246,139
85	83	TAICHUNG	TAIWAN	1,239,412
86	95	DAMIETTA	EGYPT	1,236,502
87	96	ALEXANDRIA	EGYPT	1,228,858
88	93	QUANZHOU	CHINA	1,206,700
89	92	CALLAO	PERU	1,203,315
90	91	CHENNAI	INDIA	1,199,618
91	87	KARACHI	PAKISTAN	1,190,000
92	84	FUZHOU	CHINA	1,173,459
93	81	ZHONGSHAN	CHINA	1,136,300
94	88	HONULULU	USA	1,124,388
95	98	CHITTAGONG	BANGLADESH	1,069,999
96	97	CARTAGENA	COLOMBIA	1,064,915
97	104	DUISBURG	GERMANY	1,006,000
98	99	EVERGLADES	USA	985,095
99	103	BRISBANE	AUSTRALIA	975,235
100	100	BEIRUT	LEBANON	947,021

Why Indian Movies are not winning Oscars?

It is an every Indian’s question that, “why Indian films are not being selected for Oscars?” Oscar is a dream award for every technician, working for films. However, the glittering 13.5-inch statuette of a knight holding a crusader’s sword on a reel of film is continuing to evade India from many years. Although, the creativity, talent, script, and technology every thing is improving, Indian cinemas are still unable to cross some of the barriers.

The Oscar jury selects American and British language films for all section of awards other than Best Foreign language films. Since all the countries across the world compete only for this particular category, it is hardest for any country to achieve the award. Foreign language film award at Oscars, where only one picture was accepted from each country, do not do justice to such a large industry

Although, Indian movies cannot match the Hollywood standards, the film-makers these days are trying hard for a healthy development in terms of financially and technically. The makers are not getting compromised with the quality and art these days. Bollywood also has great actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh khan, Aamir and other directors who are world-wide famous. Indian films follow rich culture and tradition while, the hollywood come up with innovative ideas in scripts. The film industry is able to produce large number of box office hits even across the world.

Although, India is submitting the films since1957, very few of them have managed to get the nomination into final five races.  It seems that, the academy tends to favor European films with France leading the foreign language film since, out of 61 years of nominations, 51 Oscars were won by European films while, just 5 won by Asian films.

The most prominent reason behind the academy failing to qualify as the best judge of films from all over the world is that the American academy that consists of only American jury members.

Oscars are monopolized by the westernized world by the standards of their own culture and the scenes pictured by their advanced technology, not giving much importance to the theme and story

Film Federation of India, responsible for selecting the official entry from India is not nominating right movies to the Oscars. Films like PAHELI and EKLAVYA are two such examples that were ruled out in the first stage of the competition. The problem with bollywood is that it is not proud of its best products. It is only proud of its star cast products.

Apart from Slum dog millionaire, directed by hollywood director Danny Boyle which is a Fox Searchlight pictures (not an Indian produced and directed movie), India scored duck in Oscars for the foreign film category.

Indian cinemas are still in learning stages of technologies in the cinematography field when compared to American and British level of film-making. Technical deficiencies is also one of the reason of not getting an Oscar

Indian films lacks from creativity and innovative ideas. The film-makers     are opting for hollywood remakes instead of making new scripts. They were either making sequels to the movies or adopting ideas from hollywood scripts. The Indian film-makers focus on hero’s image rather than the importance of the scripts.

The Indian film-makers should also think in the point of winning awards rather than just concentrating commercially. Movies should also be made for laurels and not just for profits.

Recent GRAMMY awards in AP...........FUN

Best Emotional Actor: KCR

Best Romantic Actor: ND Tiwari

Best Silent Side Actor: Chandra Babu Naidu

Best Sensational twist Action Hero: Lagadapati Rajagopal

Best Comedian (Male): Chiranjeevi

Best Comedian (Female): Vijayashanti

Best Dubbing Artiste: Chidambaram

Best Character Actor: Manmohan Singh

Best Story Writer: Sonia Gandhi
Best Screenplay: Sonia Gandhi
Best Director: Sonia Gandhi

Best Fight Master: AP Police

Best Supporting Actor: YS Jagan

Best Special Effects: tv9

Best Audience: Rosaiah

Best Location: Osmania Campus

Best Critics: Justice B.N SriKrishna (Telangana issue Committee head)

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Interesting facts about Chennai

• Chennai shares the second position as the largest employment generator in India, along with Bombay. The first position is Bangalore.

• Chennai generates around 35,000 jobs annually.
• Chennai has the highest two-wheeler population in India.
• Chennai has the lowest pollution among major cities of India in spite of having over 20 lakh vehicles.
• The city is now called the Detroit of India due to its automobile industry producing over 40% of the country's auto parts and vehicles.
• Chennai is India’s fourth largest city and ranks among the fifty most populous cities in the world (#35).
• Chennai as ranked First in India in Health facilities by Outlook in 2003.
• Chennai was ranked First in India in Education facilities by Outlook in 2003.
• Chennai was ranked the second best city to live in by Outlook in 2003.
• The Mofussil bus stand at Koyambedu, Chennai is the largest in South Asia.

• The only state seen many Chief Ministers from Film Industry or People associated to Film industry. (M.G.R, Jayalalitha, V.N.Janaki, Annadurai, & Karunanidhi. The first three people acted in films, the later two were associated with film industry by story & dialogue writing.)

• Chennai is the best place of cinema post-production work in the country according to leading cine industry experts. Because of its cheapness and all modernized technologies, several post-production works for the movies from the Eastern India and also from North-East India are now being done in Chennai.
  
• Madras (Chennai) old facts........... Gateway of South India . Cultural capital of India .
• Marina Beach is the second longest beach in the world, after Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
• Has one of oldest engineering and medical colleges in the world.
• Has the second largest cine industry in the country, next only to Bombay.
• Chennai is the home of South Indian cinema. There were times when all the post production work in the entire South Indian cine industry was done only at Chennai.
• The Vandalur Zoo in Chennai is the First Zoo (1855) in India and one of the largest in South Asia.
• The Cancer institute (1920) in Chennai is one of the Oldest in India

• The Cooum River running across Chennai was being used for water transportation in its earlier days.

• Chennai’s Mount Road or Anna Salai’s original name is GST Road (Grand South Trunk Road)