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Sri Lanka's China-run port sees RO-RO vehicle transshipment racing ahead

Sri Lanka's China-run Hambantota port, which is emerging as a RO-RO transshipment hub said it seeing rapid growth in veh...

March 7, 2021 2 min read

Light Rail Project: Maharagama to be linked to the network

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked that the Urban Development Authority (UDA) include the city of Maharagama in ...

March 5, 2021 3 min read

India says not associated with Sri Lanka’s WCT decision

The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has disassociated itself with Colombo’s announcement suggesting that New Delhi...

March 3, 2021 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines carries 1.2mn kilos cargo to the Maldives in Feb 21

State-run SriLankan Airlines said it had carried 1.2 million kilograms of cargo to the Maldives in February 2021 includi...

March 2, 2021 1 min read
SriLankan Aviation College made IATA training partner

College plans to produce aviation professionals, not only within Sri Lanka, but also within the region.

Sri Lanka sees steep shipping cost rises amid Red Sea troubles

Import containers from East Asia had not gone up as much, so far

MTD Walkers buys Sri Lanka ship yard

ECONOMYNEXT – MTD Walkers PLC has acquired a Sri Lankan firm putting up a small shipyard in a fishery harbour nor...

November 18, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka electric car sales hit new high in October

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's electric car registrations hit a new high of 529 units in October 2015, surpassing the previou...

November 16, 2015 1 min read

Expolanka Holdings Sept quarter net profit up 196-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Expolanka Holdings, a Sri Lankan logistics firm controlled by Japan’s SG Holdings, said Sept...

November 12, 2015 1 min read

Air Serbia gets ‘fifth freedom’ rights from Sri Lanka’s Mattala

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has approved a Bilateral Air Service Agreement with Serbia under which Air Serbia gets fi...

November 12, 2015 2 min read

DB Schenker enters Sri Lanka and the Maldives with Aitken Spence

ECONOMYNEXT- Germany's DB Schenker, a logistics company said it had partnered with Aitken Spence which will represent it...

November 3, 2015 1 min read

Hemas Logistics ups laden container handling at Sri Lanka terminal

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Hemas group said its logistics arms had expanded its capacity to handle loaded containers with...

October 28, 2015 1 min read

Uber ride-sharing comes to Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT - Uber, a ride-sharing company that allows car owners and drivers to take passengers for a fee has been laun...

October 22, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka to get US$200mn from ADB for rural roads

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is to get two more low-cost long term loans amounting to 200 million US dollars from the ...

October 22, 2015 2 min read

Modern supply chains can give Sri Lanka competitive edge

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government and the corporate sector should focus more on modern supply chain man...

October 19, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka to call for monorail proposals this month

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s new government will make a request for proposals to build a monorail or mass rap...

October 19, 2015 1 min read
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Sri Lanka road repair bids seen high, discounts low

ECONOMYNEXT – The lowest bids by construction firms to improve rural roads in central Sri Lanka were up to 70 per...

October 17, 2015 2 min read

Pilot new chief executive of SriLankan Airlines

ECONOMYNEXT - Suren Ratwatte, an airline pilot, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines, the na...

October 15, 2015 1 min read

China's MCC rejects slashed price of Sri Lanka highway contract

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government said it would only achieve less than half the anticipated cost reduct...

October 15, 2015 2 min read

Sharing could cut Sri Lanka empty container repositioning costs

ECONOMYNEXT - Sharing or pooling containers by shipping lines can reduce the need for costly empty container repositioni...

October 14, 2015 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines launches drive to return to profitability

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s loss-making national carrier, SriLankan Airlines, said it has launched an initia...

October 12, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka car registrations surge to all time high as controls come in

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's vehicle registrations hit an all-time high of 63,687 in September 2015 with cars surging to 14...

October 11, 2015 3 min read

Sri Lanka's SAGT ranked No.1 terminal in South Asia

ECONOMYNEXT - South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT), the first private sector facility in Sri Lanka’s Port of Colom...

October 8, 2015 1 min read

Be wary of ‘supplier-driven’ solutions, Sri Lanka transport expert says

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka needs to be wary of ‘supplier-driven’ solutions for its urban mobility probl...

Rohan Gunasekera
October 2, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka may be heading for port 'capacity trap'

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's expanded port capacity and plans ahead may be ahead of demand in for the foreseeable future as...

September 28, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka credit squeeze slows car sales, hits prices

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan car prices which spiked with the sharp depreciation of the local currency has seen weak demand ...

September 27, 2015 2 min read