My interests in urban infrastructure and the struggles of migrant construction workers informs my ongoing research on the development, operation and eventual decline of hoverports in Britain and ...

Hovercraft will be studied as a potential commuter alternative on the San Francisco Bay and one local official wants Foster City to be at the center of that effort. The Water Emergency ...

From the Gateway of India, commuters would descend at the hoverports of Vashi or Belapur, owned by CIDCO. “We plan to launch these hovercraft services within six to eight months, even before the ...

The machines were a triumph of British invention and engineering, whisking passengers to France in less than half an hour. With their airline-style crew, there was no more glamorous or quicker way ...

The project also includes berthing facilities for at least eight catamarans and two hoverports for terminals and requires considerable dredging. The terminals at Nariman Point, Versova and Borivli ...

“The land for construction of hoverports, hangars, and maintenance facilities has been identified at Tannirbhavi near here,” he said adding these hovercrafts are capable of achieving speeds of ...

The Coast Guard will use the hoverport in Belapur, Navi Mumbai as temporary base to protect Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Trombay. A few months ago, the Centre had asked the Coast Guard ...

“In 1990's, CIDCO had developed the hoverports at Vashi and Belapur for providing passenger water transport services between South Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. However, the service was discontinued ...

Interestingly, Anderson also examines stop and search powers at ports, airports or hoverports under Schedule 7 of the 2000 Act. The powers are significant: Any person questioned is obliged, on request ...

There have been two meetings so far and we will try to resolve the issue at the earliest, said Patil. The Coast Guard,which is in the process of procuring new hovercrafts,also brought to Patil s ...

The system will have jetties and hoverports at Nariman Point (near the Oberoi), Bandra (at the beginning of the sea-link), Juhu (near Holiday Inn), Versova (Seven Bungalows), Marve beach and ...