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Sri Lanka detectives drop another bombshell in X-Press Pearl probe

More communication records missing

June 30, 2021 3 min read

SriLankan gets top health rating from airline safety group

In January 2021 SriLankan was also awarded a “Platinum” standard for its extra safety measures and hygiene precautio...

June 29, 2021 2 min read

X-Press Pearl - Sri Lanka's shipping agents group explains background on dangerous cargo

Most ships routinely carry hazardous cargo subject to rules

June 29, 2021 8 min read

Boxship MSC Messina hit by engine room fire after leaving Sri Lanka

Another vessel within sight

June 25, 2021 1 min read
Sri Lanka's FitsAir begins Colombo-Dhaka flights

FitsAir will initially operate two weekly flights Wednesday and Sunday on Dhaka-Colombo route with Airbus A320 aircraft

Iran rescues 21 Sri Lanka sailors from storm tossed tanker

Cook Islands-flagged tanker had been caught in heavy storms

Sri Lanka’s Hayleys Advantis doubles container handling capacity

ECONOMYNEXT – Hayleys Advantis Limited said it has doubled its container handling capacity with the opening of a ...

September 13, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines suspends official in pilot dispute over alcohol test

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines said it has suspended an official for a “lapse” in process after he allowed...

September 12, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka pilots stage union action over faulty alcohol testing

Pilots of Sri Lanka's national carrier began trade union action on Friday to protest alleged irregularities in administe...

September 9, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines pilot ‘work-to-rule’ could disrupt flights

ECONOMYNEXT – SriLankan Airlines said a ‘work-to-rule’ campaign by its pilots union, protesting agai...

September 9, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s CICT lures new service with Ultra Large Container Carrier

ECONOMYNEXT - One of the largest container ships afloat is expected to call at Sri Lanka for the first time next week, s...

September 9, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka in talks with AerCap to cancel three Airbus 350s

State-run SriLankan Airlines is in talks with AerCap, a Dutch aviation lender to cancel orders to lease three Airbus A35...

September 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka builds piers for ferries to link northern islands

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Ports and Shipping Ministry said four piers and a slipway are to be built to cat...

September 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka mulls canal boat service with private partner for Colombo

Sri Lanka will study the feasibility of starting a boat service on the canals and the Kelani River in the capital Colomb...

September 8, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka runway closure to cut seat capacity by 15-pct

An eight-hour daytime closure of Sri Lanka's main airport next year to rebuild its sole will cut seat capacity to the co...

September 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka budget carrier Mihin Lanka to stop flying

State-run Mihin Lanka, a loss-making budget carrier created by one of ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa's close associates ...

September 7, 2016 2 min read
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Sri Lanka mulls using container terminal space for LNG terminal

Sri Lanka may use the remaining section of an expanded Colombo container port complex for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...

September 6, 2016 2 min read

Hayleys Advantis supports US military ship call in Sri Lanka

Advantis Marine, a unit of Sri Lanka's Hayleys Advantis, said it had provided logistics support for a US military ship t...

September 4, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to call investors to build yatch marina in Galle

Sri Lanka will shortly call for expressions of interest to build a yatch marina in the Southern port of Galle, Ports Min...

September 3, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka sets up merchant shipping office for north

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Ports and Shipping Ministry has set up an office of the Merchant Shipping Secretariat i...

September 2, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Walkers Shipyard launches first vessel

ECONOMYNEXT – Walkers Colombo Shipyard (Pvt) Ltd. said it has completed building and launched its first vessel, a...

August 31, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority probes fire at contractor site

ECONOMYNEXT - The Sri Lanka Ports Authority said it has begun an investigation into a fire that broke out at a private c...

August 30, 2016 1 min read

Chinese port terminal trains Sri Lankan quay crane operators

ECONOMYNEXT – Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) said it will support Sri Lanka’s National A...

August 29, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to ask four China firms to build Ratnapura Expressway

Sri Lanka is to negotiate with four construction firms nominated by China to build a 73.9 kilometre expressway to Ratnap...

August 28, 2016 1 min read

Industries approved for Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port may be shifted to Trincomalee

Several investments approved to invest in an industrial zone bordering Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port by the last regime ma...

August 27, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines to cancel, reschedule flights for runway repairs

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines will cancel several flights to South Indian destinations and reschedule others for thre...

August 26, 2016 2 min read