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Nihal Keppetipola takes over as Chairman of Sri Lanka Ports Authority

He had been managing director of the agency and Harbhour Master in Colombo

June 23, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka links some turtle deaths to X-Press Pearl fire, whale death probed

Some fish coming ashore have also had plastic nurdles (polypropylene granules) that had spilt from the ship.

June 19, 2021 5 min read

X-Press Pearl fully sunk off Sri Lanka, sonar search planned for lost containers

Navigation warning lights to be installed to warn other ships

June 17, 2021 2 min read

X-Press Pearl chemicals likely to get diluted off Sri Lanka seas: official

Plastics collection is a key focus

June 15, 2021 3 min read
Sri Lanka airport briefed on Boeing B777-9 operations

Boeing's B-777X models promises greater fuel efficiency w

Sri Lanka to pilot pre-arrival processing of import shipments from May

"We plan on getting cargo information 48 hours before the departure of the ship from the foreign port,"

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
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Runway closure costs Sri Lanka national airline $50 million

Sri Lanka's loss-making national carrier stands to lose some $50 million in revenue when the only runway at the Colombo ...

August 26, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks Indian stake in Colombo port amid Chinese presence

Sri Lanka would like to see an investor from India take a share in a private consortium that will be given a concession ...

August 26, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka airline suspends drunk pilot

Sri Lanka's national carrier has suspended a captain who failed a breathalyser test just before he was due to fly 274 pa...

August 21, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Dockyard makes modest recovery in June 2016 quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard said it made a net profit of Rs55 million in the June 2016 ...

August 15, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to raise overflight fees

Sri Lanka is planning to revise overflight fees for aircraft crossing the airspace of the country

August 3, 2016 1 min read

PIA leases three Airbus A330s from Sri Lanka flag carrier

Pakistan International Airlines had wet-leased three Airbus A330 aircraft from Sri Lanka's flag carrier which will be de...

July 30, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka says Japan agrees to finance LRT for Colombo

ECONOMYNEXT – Japan has agreed to provide concessional funding to build a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Sri ...

July 29, 2016 2 min read

Four parties take bid documents for Sri Lanka's Mattala airport

ECONOMYNEXT - Four parties have taken bid document to invest in and manage Sri Lanka's second international airport in M...

July 28, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka to buy more Indian trains with US$318mn loan

ECONOMYNEXT – India has approved a fresh loan of US$318 million to Sri Lanka’s railway department to upgra...

July 27, 2016 1 min read

Landside terror attacks, drones, MH370 to figure at aviation regulator meet in Sri Lanka

Civil aviation regulators from Asia Pacific countries will grapple with growing terror attacks on airports, threats from...

July 27, 2016 2 min read