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SriLankan to operate codeshare flights with American Airlines

Adds Dallas-Fort Worth to route network

January 10, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka Railways starts Mt Lavinia to Jaffna train with India support

Another Indian firm is upgrading railway tracks between on the Maho-Anuradhapura-Omanthai track.

January 10, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka's China-backed Hambantota tank farm Lloyd's Register certified

Expects grown in 2022

January 9, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka Colombo port container volumes surge in November

Transshipment and domestic volumes up

December 30, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka ship fuel supplier doubled profit in 2016

ECONOMYNEXT – Profits at JCT Oil Bank, a fully owned subsidiary of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), more tha...

April 20, 2017 1 min read

Warehouse management system for Sri Lanka Ports Authority

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is considering setting up a warehouse management system to bet...

April 19, 2017 1 min read

Labour dispute ends at Sri Lankan port terminal

ECONOMYNEXT – South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT), a private container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Port of Co...

April 18, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan, Japan Airlines expand codeshare, add new routes

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it is strengthening its presence in the Japanese travel market through the expansi...

April 11, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo port box volume up 5.6-pct in Jan

Throughput at Sri Lanka's Colombo port rose 5.6 percent to 484,866 twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) in January 2017 f...

April 11, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka gets Japanese help for bridge maintenance

ECONOMYNEXT – Japan has started a program to help Sri Lanka’s Road Development Authority (RDA) do proper m...

April 7, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan joint venture wins Rs2.5bn central expressway consultancy

ECONOMYNEXT – A consortium of Sri Lankan firms has been awarded a Rs2.5 billion consultancy contract to supervise...

April 5, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines flights back to normal after airport re-opens on April 07

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines will resume normal operations throughout its global route network from 7th April 2017, ...

April 5, 2017 1 min read

Ceylon Chamber, Hayleys in partnership to build Sri Lanka logistics workforce

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s main business chamber, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, has struck a partnership ...

April 5, 2017 2 min read

Tugs, navy boats fight MSC container ship fire off Sri Lanka

ECONMYNEXT - Sri Lanka Ports Authority tugs and navy fast attacks craft are trying to put out a fire on a Mediterranean ...

April 5, 2017 1 min read
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Sri Lanka dockyard eyes modification business from new regulation

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s loss-making Colombo Dockyard is pursuing new business opportunities in ship repa...

March 27, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka in final stretch to ink Hambantota port deal with China

Sri Lanka is close to inking a revised deal with China's CM Port Holdings to sell an 80 percent stake in Hambantota port...

March 23, 2017 4 min read

Sri Lanka says China agrees to cut Hambantota port stake to 60-pct in a decade

Sri Lanka has reached an agreement to sell 80 percent of Hambantota port to China though a joint venture, an option to r...

March 22, 2017 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines partner may be in place by year end

A partner to turn around Sri Lanka's loss-making state carrier may be in place by the end of the year, with private equi...

March 21, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka govt snubs shipping industry on policy initiative

Efforts by Sri Lanka’s shipping professionals to initiate discussions with the government on a policy for its por...

March 21, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka shipping industry mystified over unopened Hambantota port proposals

ECONOMYNEXT – Proposals to make investments at Hambantota port in southern Sri Lanka, which critics have dubbed a...

March 20, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka wants boost daily flights by 60-pct, reduce costs

Sri Lanka leisure sector wants to boost daily flights to the country to 130 a day from the current 80 and cut costs, the...

March 17, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka bus lane experiment showing results: officials

An experimental bus priority lane on a congested road leading to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, has valuable insights and ...

March 15, 2017 3 min read

Somali pirates hijack oil tanker with eight Sri Lanka crew

Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew onboard, a Somali official said on Tuesday. This is the f...

March 14, 2017 2 min read

Aitken Spence and France's DPG Group in courier services to Sri Lanka and Maldives

Aitken Spence said it will represent France's DPD group to provide international courier services in Sri Lanka and the M...

March 14, 2017 1 min read