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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,"

April 10, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's China-backed port starts container transshipment amid Red Sea crisis

The boxes arrived from Rotterdam and will be taken to Dubai

April 9, 2024 2 min read

KKS Port acquires Sri Lanka Cement Corp land

Kankasanthurai Port has acquired 23 acres and 12 perches of land belonging to Cement Corporation at 52 million rupees

April 9, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka container volumes surge 30-pct in Feb amid Red Sea troubles

Up to February 2024, transshipment volumes were up 27.2 percent

April 5, 2024 1 min read
Sri Lanka to buy electric gantries, prime movers for Colombo Port

Electric prime movers in place of terminal tractors

India to subsidize ferry to Sri Lanka for another year

It stands as a key milestone in revitalizing maritime connectivity between India and Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka exporters, importers battle high rates, box shortfalls to maintain trade lifeline

Sri Lanka's exporters and importers are working against multiple global and domestic disruptions in logistics in the pos...

Mahadiya Hamza
April 23, 2021 6 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

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 exporters braced for delays, higher freight rates from Suez Canal shock

Sri Lanka's exporters and importers are braced for a spike in already high freight rates and delays amid rising fears th...

Mahadiya Hamza
March 26, 2021 3 min read

Suez canal shipping suspended amid efforts to re-float grounded Evergreen vessel

Ship traffic across the Suez canal has been suspended as efforts are made to dislodge an Evergreen container ship that i...

March 26, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's China-run port eyes fertilizer transshipment with Russian billionaire

Sri Lanka's China-run Hambantota Port has discussed fertilizer transshipment with Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich M...

March 26, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Adani-WCT terminal is a private deal without tender, not govt-to-govt: opposition

Handing over the West Container Terminal of Sri Lanka's Colombo port to Adani group is not a government-to-government co...

March 20, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka container transshipment down 3.3-pct, domestic down 14.4-pct

Container throughput at Sri Lanka's ports fell 5.2 percent to 6.85 million twenty foot equivalent unit in 2020 with a st...

March 18, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's SAGT deploys safety cages for lashing crew

South Asia Gateway Terminals, a unit of publicly traded John Keells Holdings said it had deployed lashing cages to impro...

March 17, 2021 1 min read

Adani deal for West Container Terminal not finalized - Keheliya

Sri Lanka says that the 51 per cent stake in the West Container Terminal (WCT) in Colombo port was only an offer made by...

March 16, 2021 2 min read
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Adani India to have 51-of Sri Lanka port terminal, JKH a 'material stake'

India's Adani Ports said it will have a 51 percent stake in a container terminal in Colombo port, while Sri Lanka's John...

March 16, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's China-run port drives vessel lay-up business

Sri Lanka's China-run Hambantota Port said it is supporting a vessel lay-up business expanding the island's role as a ma...

March 15, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority can raise funds from stock market patriots for ECT: Minister

Sri Lanka Port Authority can raise capital from the Colombo Stock Exchange to build East Container Terminal if there is ...

March 9, 2021 2 min read

India did not nominate party for WCT, Sri Lanka says had direct talks with Adani

Sri Lanka had direct talks with Adani Ports group over giving a concession to build and operate Colombo Port's West Cont...

March 9, 2021 1 min read

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

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
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Sri Lanka will join India’s Adani Group to develop and operate the West Container Terminal In Colo...

Sri Lanka will join hands with a giant Indian conglomerate in a Build, Operate and Transfer deal to develop the West Con...

March 2, 2021 2 min read

China's Sinopec unit says Sri Lanka bunkering made competitive, LMS first customer

Sinopec Fuel Oil Lanka Limited (SFOL), a unit of China's Sinopec group located in Hambantota port, is making Sri Lanka's...

February 28, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka withdrew from East Terminal deal due to dispute over terms: Minister

Sri Lanka withdrew from an agreement to jointly complete East Container Terminal in Colombo port with India and Japan du...

Imesh Ranasinghe
February 12, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka forum on port development, investment or sale

Sri Lanka port development will be the focus of a forum conducted by Advocata Institute on February 12 amid attempts to ...

February 10, 2021 1 min read