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Sri Lanka embarkation tax on ferry services cut: Corrected

Round trip ticket on ferry service between Sri Lanka and India will be reduced from 60 dollars to 5 dollars

February 20, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's China-backed Hambantota Port eyes container transshipment

In 2024 we will be looking at container transshipment for which the port is now ready

February 14, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka port faces union opposition in increasing female workers: Minister

I am a great fan of gender equity

February 2, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port builds expertise to be key hub backed by US

The program will build human resources as the port aims to double capacity

February 2, 2024 1 min read
Sri Lanka issues regulations for boats, yachts

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

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

142.20m long Destroyer with a crew of 160

Aground bulk carrier MV Eurosun's hull not breached: Sri Lanka Navy

Sri Lanka Navy said it had not found a breach in the hull of MV Eurosun, a Liberian flagged 33,000 dead weight tonne bul...

January 24, 2021 1 min read

Bulk carrier MV Eurosun runs aground off Sri Lanka coast

MV Eurosun, a Liberian registered 33,000 dead weight tonne bulk carrier has run aground off Sri Lanka's southern coast w...

Chanka Jayasinghe
January 23, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka port terminal: India's Adani group and partners to hold 49-pct

India's Adani group and their partners will hold 49 percent and the Sri Lanka government a majority of 51 percent in a c...

January 14, 2021 2 min read
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Sri Lanka President, India's Jaishankar discuss East Container Terminal, LNG plant

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapasksa had discussed the East Container Terminal of the Colombo Port and a liquefied ...

January 7, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeking investor for East Terminal, expert committee report awaited: Ports Minister

Sri Lanka is seeking an investor to complete the East Container Terminal of the Colombo Port and a report from a technic...

Imesh Ranasinghe
January 6, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka port workers object to India, offer to find US$500mn for terminal

Sri Lanka port workers objecting to a plan to get Indian led investment to develop a container in Colombo have offered t...

Chanka Jayasinghe
December 19, 2020 2 min read

Hambantota port builds station for Sri Lanka police

Hambantota International Port, run by China's CM Ports group as a joint venture with Sri Lanka Ports Authority said it h...

December 6, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard wins cable ship order from France

Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard Plc, a unit of Onomichi of Japan said it had won an order to build a cable laying and repai...

December 3, 2020 2 min read
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CMA CGM in relay transshipment at Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port

France based CMA CGM shipping group has engaged in a relay transshipment at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port with two vessels...

November 29, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Navy to buy emergency response vessel from Colombo Dockyard

Sri Lanka Navy has been cleared to purchase a Maintenance and Emergency Response Vessel (MERV) from Colombo Dockyard Plc...

November 19, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka Colombo port returning to normal despite Coronavirus hit: Chairman

Operations at Colombo Port will be steadily brought back to normal over the week with extra staff brought in after a abo...

November 15, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port hit by Coronavirus as Covid-19 cases top 12,700

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port and the Department of Customs has been hit by Coronavirus as total cases went up and several Co...

November 6, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka opposition claims administration going back on ECT promise

Opposition legislator Harsha de Silva claimed that the government was planning to bring in an Indian party to operate a ...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 4, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka starts operations at East Container Terminal in Colombo

State-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority has started container operations at a new partially built terminal in Colombo that w...

October 28, 2020 1 min read
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New Diamond Owners agree to pay an initial claim made by Sri Lanka - AG

Lawyers representing the stricken MT New Diamond crude oil tanker have agreed to settle the initial claim made by the go...

September 24, 2020 2 min read

Captain of stricken oil tanker MT New Diamond ordered to appear in court

A Colombo Magistrate has issued notice on the Captain of the stricken oil tanker MT New Diamond to appear before him on ...

September 17, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka preparing its legal strategy with regard to the MT New Diamond disaster

Sri Lanka is planning its legal strategy to sue the owners of the Supertanker that caught fire off its shores and is cur...

Imesh Ranasinghe
September 9, 2020 2 min read

Fire onboard New Diamond is “completely doused” - Sri Lanka Navy

The Sri Lanka Navy is declaring that the fire onboard the Supertanker MT New Diamond is completely doused and no flames ...

September 9, 2020 1 min read

Fire on stricken Supertanker is “under control” – no oil leaks from tanks - Navy

An Indian Coastguard Dornier Aircraft was deployed yesterday Sept 8 to drop diesel dispersant on a patch of diesel disco...

Arjuna Ranawana
September 9, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka burning Supertanker fire “under better control” – Navy spokesman

The Sri Lanka Navy is reporting that the fire that re-ignited on board the Supertanker MT New Diamond last evening is un...

September 8, 2020 2 min read