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Sri Lankan aircraft hit from behind

Sri Lankan airlines said one of its aircraft parked at Malé airport in the Maldives had been hit from behind, damaging ...

April 22, 2021 1 min read

Uranium ship leaves Sri Lanka's Hambantota port

A ship loaded with Uranium bound for China which had docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port for emergency repairs had lef...

April 21, 2021 1 min read

Singapore Airlines increases Sri Lanka flights to 5 times a week

Singapore Airlines said it is increasing weekly flights to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo from the current three to five a ...

April 12, 2021 1 min read

Evergreen ship blocking Suez Canal beginning to float helped by Super Moon

A ship blocking Suez canal has been refloated helped by rising tides after several days of work with tugs and dredgers, ...

March 29, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka Colombo port, container terminals assure normal services despite crisis

Normal and expected levels in the Port of Colombo, despite the economic and political crisis

SriLankan Airlines owes CPC US$300mn, but no arrears from 2019: Minister

During the past two years they have paid for all the supplies made

Marella Cruises vessel calls at Sri Lanka's Colombo port

Marella Cruises vessel M V Marella Discovery had called at Sri Lanka's Colombo Port with complement of 1,732 passengers ...

December 28, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port enters vessel lay-up business

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port said it has attracted the first vessel for lay-up with a drillship to be moored at the port ...

December 24, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lankan freight forwarders see margin pressure from liner consolidation

ECONOMYNEXT – Consolidation among container shipping lines trying revive profitability is likely to squeeze profi...

December 24, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Ports Ministry gets industry professional as secretary

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed Parakrama Dissanayake, chairman of Sri Lank...

December 24, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Hayleys Advantis opens distribution hub

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Hayleys group said its Hayleys Advantis logistics arm had commissioned its large...

December 19, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s SAGT nearly doubles design capacity handling 2mn containers

ECONOMYNEXT – South Asia Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd (SAGT), Sri Lanka’s first private terminal in Colombo...

December 19, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s planned light rail seen needing govt subsidies

A planned light rail transit system in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo will need government subsidies, like elsewhere...

December 19, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's PickMe mulls financial services

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan ride hailing service PickMe is considering going into financial services in the medium t...

December 18, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka logistics firms mull tie-ups with start-ups

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan logistics firms are adapting to changing customer behaviour and technology and could str...

December 14, 2018 1 min read

CICT adds capacity for bigger ships at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port

ECONOMYNEXT – Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) said it was buying more cranes that will enhance d...

December 14, 2018 2 min read
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Sri Lanka port capacity crunch could lead to lost business

ECONOMYNEXT – Further delays in adding container handling capacity at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port, which is n...

December 13, 2018 2 min read

Investment opportunities seen in Sri Lanka’s logistics firms

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s logistics businesses offer attractive investment opportunities both among specia...

December 13, 2018 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines carbon emissions higher in 2018

Efficiency of SriLankan Airlines flights have fallen in 2018, and is contributing more towards carbon emissions, but was...

December 11, 2018 2 min read

Fitch downgrades SriLankan Airlines' govt-guaranteed bonds to 'B'

ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings said it has downgraded the rating on SriLankan Airlines Limited's (SLA) USD175 millio...

December 5, 2018 3 min read

Cruise ship calls grow strongly at Sri Lanka port

ECONOMYNEXT – Calls by cruise ships have grown strongly at Sri Lanka’s main port of Colombo this year with...

December 5, 2018 1 min read

SriLankan Airlines security lapses glossed over: witness

ECONOMYNEXT - Security lapses at state-owned SriLankan Airlines operations, including through controversial Rakna Araksh...

November 29, 2018 3 min read

China Harbhour Engineering wins deal to expand Sri Lanka port anchorage

China Harbhour Engineering Company has been selected to expand the deep water anchorage capacity at a container terminal...

November 22, 2018 1 min read

Civil Aviation ministry secretary appointed Chairman of SriLankan Airlines

ECONOMYNEXT – G. S. Vithanage, Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, has been appointed chai...

November 14, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port volumes up 14.9-pct by Sept

ECONOMYNEXT - Container volumes at Sri Lanka's Colombo Port rose 14.9 percent to 5,223,292 twenty foot equivalent units ...

November 12, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka looks to raise port charges

Sri Lanka is looking to raise charges and get more revenue from port services, Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samar...

November 7, 2018 1 min read
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