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Sri Lankan Airlines eyes Boeing aircraft maintenance

Looking at airframe maintenance, component maintenance and training

May 20, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka halts inbound passengers from May 23

Passengers can however depart the country.

May 19, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's China-run port sees record vehicle transshipment to Mexico, South Africa, EU

Vehicles arrived from Chennai, Mundra, Ennore in India and Gunsan and Pyeongtaek in South Korea

May 17, 2021 1 min read

SriLankan aircraft MRO teams up with UK firm for freighter conversions

The first PTF conversion was on an Airbus A320 belonging to FitsAir.

May 15, 2021 2 min read
Japan trains Sri Lanka Coast Guard on oil spill response

The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has trained 37 officers of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) on how to handle oil spills,

Sri Lanka's boat builders head to Dubai

Boat builders in Sri Lanka are headed to the Dubai International Boat show to showcase their capabilities

Sri Lanka’s Mercantile Shipping losses widen in December quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan ship owner Mercantile Shipping Company’s December 2015 quarter loss rose 56 perce...

February 15, 2016 1 min read

ADB to advise Sri Lanka port on equity partner for terminal

ECONOMYNEXT - The Asian Development Bank will advise state-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority to seek a 49 percent joint vent...

February 12, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka port cargo volume hits new high

ECONOMYNEXT – Container volumes at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port hit a new high of 22,422 twenty-foot equivalen...

February 11, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka state airline reviewing Airbus A350 deal; criminal probe on

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is reviewing a deal to acquire eight airbus A350 aircraft which was to be deployed on loss-makin...

February 10, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka to review shipping policy with stakeholders

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Minister of Ports and Shipping Arjuna Ranatunga has held the first meeting of an...

February 9, 2016 1 min read

Japan’s SG Holdings ups stake in Sri Lanka logistics group

ECONOMYNEXT – Japan’s SG Holdings said it has raised its stake in Expolanka Holdings, a Sri Lankan logisti...

February 2, 2016 1 min read

Korea to study Sri Lanka's longest tunnel to ease Kandy congestion

ECONOMYNEXT - Export-Import Bank of Korea and Sri Lanka's Road Development Authority is to study the construction of wha...

February 2, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka airport wraps up US$600mn Japan funding for expansion

ECONOMYNEXT - State-run Sri Lanka Airport and Aviation Services Ltd, is expected to call bids for a new terminal buildin...

February 1, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo used as turnaround port by Hapag-Lloyd cruise line

ECONOMYNEXT - Germany's Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten has started to use Colombo as a turnaround port in its Indian Ocean Isl...

January 31, 2016 1 min read

Transparent bids for Sri Lanka airport duty free shops

ECONOMYNEXT – Companies wanting to operate duty free shops at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airpo...

January 28, 2016 1 min read
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SriLankan Airlines starts thrice-weekly non-stop flights to Guangzhou

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines is introducing thrice weekly non-stop flights from Guangzhou to Colombo from January 20...

January 28, 2016 2 min read

Emirates announces fifth daily flight to Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT –Emirates Airline said it plans to introduce an additional daily service between Dubai and Colombo in...

January 27, 2016 1 min read

IRCON sees Sri Lanka rail upgrade investments at US$1.5bn

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will need investments of about 1.5 billion US dollars to upgrade the rest of its railway ...

January 27, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka No. 1 importer of Japanese used cars

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka was the top importer of used cars from Japan in terms of value in 2015 with imports being...

January 25, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka vehicle registrations slow in December, Maruti down

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's vehicle registrations slowed to 54,139 units in December 2015 from a high of 61,864 in Novembe...

January 25, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka monorail plan to suburbs not feasible: minister

ECONOMYNEXT - A planned monorail along a key traffic corridor from Colombo to the suburb of Malabe is not feasible until...

January 24, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka Hambantota port investments as private-public partnerships

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will make a request for proposals for investments in the southern Hambantota port industr...

January 21, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka seeks partner for Colombo container terminal

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is seeking a partner for Colombo's partly built second deep draught container terminal that will...

January 20, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka to seek new investors for Hambantota port industries

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will call for fresh investment proposals for an industrial zone adjacent to Hambantota port late...

January 19, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority grows container volumes ending slump

ECONMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's state run container terminals in Colombo has grown its container volumes in the last quarter of...

January 18, 2016 2 min read