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Sri Lanka sails in to the breach as ships by-pass Middle East over Houthi attacks

SLPA terminals have seen volumes rise as much as 80-pct

January 9, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka to send Navy ship to counter Houthi attacks in Red Sea

Decision has been made to deploy ship from the Sri Lanka Navy to the Red Sea, contributing to the security of the region

January 4, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port says cruise calls rising

Over the year, 22 cruise ships had called at the port with 7,500 passengers.

December 28, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka domestic containers up in October as economy recovers

Transshipment volumes down in October

December 27, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka SOEs plan bunker sales in Colombo with private partner

"This year we are planning with joining with JCT Oil Bank, the CPC, on a project to enhance storage capacity."

Sri Lanka to seek private capital for four Colombo port terminals

Sri Lanka is planning to call expression of interest for Colombo West Terminal II in 2025

Sri Lankan experts reach the New Diamond to assess environmental impact - officials

Two teams of scientists and experts from the Sri Lankan Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) are currently dep...

Arjuna Ranawana
September 8, 2020 2 min read

Crews are battling a fresh fire on board the MT New Diamond - Navy

Fresh flames have risen in the funnel section of the MT New Diamond Supertanker and firefighters are battling the fire u...

September 7, 2020 1 min read

Salvage experts reach Sri Lanka Burning Supertanker MT New Diamond- Navy

A team of six experts is now at the location of the burning Supertanker MT New Diamond and are expected to conduct an as...

September 7, 2020 2 min read

MT New Diamond fire extinguished, Sri Lanka Navy says

Sri Lanka's Navy said a fire on board a MT New Diamond, a very large crude carrier had been extinguished after the disas...

September 6, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka counting the costs of dealing with burning Supertanker

Sri Lanka is in the process of estimating the financial and environmental cost of the crisis created by the fire on boar...

September 6, 2020 2 min read
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MT New Diamond oil tanker salvage to begin off Sri Lanka

Salvage of MT New Diamond, an oil tanker that caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka is to begin with its Greek owners a...

September 6, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka firms, China-run port, give firefighting foam for oil tanker blaze

A number of Sri Lanka based state and private companies have given firefighting foam to fight a blaze on board an abando...

September 6, 2020 3 min read

Oil tanker MT New Diamond towed away from Sri Lanka, fire reduced

Oil tanker MT New Diamond has been towed away from the coast of Sri Lanka and Indian and Sri Lankan vessels and helicopt...

September 5, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka container hub volumes show some recovery South Asia trade by June

Container transshipment volumes at Sri Lanka's Colombo port which mainly come from external trade in other South Asian n...

August 4, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka port workers call off strike over East Terminal

A number of port worker unions have called off a strike launched against private investment into a container terminal fo...

August 3, 2020 1 min read
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President and PM taking tough line over the Port workers strike

The government is talking tough about the Port Authority workers whose strike has crippled the Colombo Port causing huge...

August 2, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka port workers protest India investment, demand written guarantees

A Sri Lanka port workers union protesting a planned investment into a container terminal by India has demanded a written...

August 1, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka continuing talks with India over Colombo port East Terminal: Minister

Sri Lanka is continuing talks with India over the development of a container terminal in Colombo port, Information Minis...

July 23, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's China-run Port, Colombo Dockyard team up for floating vessel repair

Sri Lanka's Hambantota port run by China Merchant Ports group said it had teamed up with Colombo Dockyard floating repai...

July 19, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka's SAGT joins global blockchain freight platform

Sri Lanka's South Asia Gateway Terminals had joined Tradelens, a global blockchain driven information sharing platform d...

July 17, 2020 2 min read

Dart Global to set up e-commerce capable Sri Lanka logistics centre

Dart Global Express, a multinational logistics company operatig out of Sri Lanka is building a 3 million US dollar centr...

July 6, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka President orders probe on crane purchases, Japan, India terminal deal

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had ordered a probe on cranes purchased by Colombo port which and container ter...

July 4, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka fixes cranes at terminal linked to India deal after protests

State-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority will fix three gantry cranes that had arrived from China at the East Container Termi...

Mahadiya Hamza
July 4, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka's Hambantota port development joined by Fujian, China firm

China's CMPorts said a Fujian-based logistics group will take an indirect stake to join the development of Hambantota po...

July 1, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka to discuss changing Colombo Port terminal deal with India and Japan: Minister

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had given the go ahead to Shipping Minister Johnston Fernando to start talks on...

June 28, 2020 1 min read