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Sri Lanka issues regulations for boats, yachts

"A well-established regulatory framework covering the entire value chain is necessary,"

March 17, 2025 2 min read

French Navy ship Provence arrives in Sri Lanka's Colombo Port

142.20m long Destroyer with a crew of 160

March 17, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka, Viet Nam businesses discuss cooperation in shipping and logistics

Webinar to strengthen Sri Lanka–Vietnam cooperation in shipping and logistics industry

March 12, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka to study multi-modal logistics hub with ADB help

The feasibility study will be funded by ADB.

March 11, 2025 1 min read
Fuel supply stable despite rising transshipment: Sri Lanka Ports Authority

Port navigating a shift in cargo dynamics with overall container throughput increasing 11 to 15 across all terminals

Adani-led Colombo West terminal hits 1 million TEUs in record first year

Significant portion of terminal's volume is linked to the Indian market, where APSEZ operates a network of 15 ports

China attempts to prove its close cooperation with debt defaulted Sri Lanka

"We are always "providing free charcoal in the snow" instead of "collecting rented-umbrellas in the rain", - CMG chief

April 24, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Trincomalee port starts night operations

Japan had handed over a required equipment in a project that concluded on April 17.

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April 24, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo North Port growth will be linked to India: President

India has strong prospects for growth

April 23, 2023 7 min read

China Merchants, Sri Lanka's Access to build US$392mn logistics hub

The 530,000 CBM facility will begin construction in 2023 and be completed in 2025

April 22, 2023 2 min read

US Transport Dept in collaboration talks with Sri Lanka port

Officials of the U.S. Department of Transportation discussed on further collaboration

April 13, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka exports will be hit after freight surcharge gazette removed: shippers

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March 13, 2023 5 min read

Sri Lanka unions threaten to cripple economy against IMF-backed reforms

“If the government still doesn’t get it, at midnight on March 14 all trains will stop, as will power supply."

March 13, 2023 5 min read

China Merchants, Sinopec teams seeking Sri Lanka investments: embassy

CM Ports is already running Hambantota Port

March 12, 2023 1 min read

Seventeen ships turned back after Colombo Port anti-tax protests, claims minister

"The result of the protests will be the strengthening of those ports and the collapse of ours," he said

March 8, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to crush illegally imported vehicle parts to be sold as scrap metal

Most illegal spare parts that need a license are imported by mixing them with legal spare parts

February 21, 2023 2 min read
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Sri Lanka awaits salvage of X-Press Pearl wreck to make second damage claim

Salvage had been delayed due to bad weather

February 1, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Expolanka net down 87-pct as Fed stops printing money

Both air and sea freight see contraction as global trade volumes fall

January 29, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka cabinet clears China backed cargo service centre

It will be developed with a 150 million US dollar investment

January 24, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's ECT revenue rises as government awaiting for Japan offer response

Sri Lanka's dilomatic ties with Japan, India severed after it unilaterally cancelled a tripartite deal

January 2, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka importers see freight costs plunge after US tightening

Today a container from Shanghai to Colombo is 1,100 US dollars. Back to normal.

December 22, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka Navy rescues 104 Myanmar boat people

In rough sea conditions, the Navy made a strenuous effort and rescued those 104 Myanmar nationals

December 19, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka offers East Container Terminal to Japan: President

Sri Lanka cancelled the ECT deal with India and China unilaterally in February 2021

December 5, 2022 1 min read
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Sri Lanka Ports Authority East Terminal contractor paid: Minister

Every penny we collect as dollars we are keeping them separately

December 4, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka China-backed port to welcome second cruise ship

Mein Schiff 5 was the first cruise ship to call at Hambantota since the Coronavirus pandemic

December 1, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka 2023 budget proposes logistic hubs to boost trade

Sri Lanka has been in the process of coming out of an unprecedented economic crisis

November 16, 2022 1 min read