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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka eyes $200 mln yearly from foreign ships

“We lose significant revenue because we don’t have ENCs" - Minister

November 25, 2023 2 min read

US DFC to lend US$553mn to JKH-Adani Sri Lanka terminal

US International Development Finance Corporation will invest 536 million US dollars in Colombo Ports West Terminal

November 8, 2023 1 min read

US DFC to invest in Sri Lanka port, finance company

The investment in CDB will be with USAID

November 8, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's China-backed Hambantota port RORO volumes up 25-pct to 500,000

Last year 500,000 mark was reached in November

October 28, 2023 1 min read
Car carrier from Japan unloads vehicles at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port

MV Jupiter Leader of the NYK lines had Landcruisers, Hilux cabs, Prado SUVs, Toyota sedans and Suzuki vehicles

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port dredges silt to maintain depth

This will ensure that we continue to accommodate large vessels safely and efficiently

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
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Sri Lanka suspends ship crew changes as new arrivals drive Coronavirus total over 2000

Sri Lanka has suspended ship crew changes after number of seamen tested positive for Coronavirus, Information Minister ...

June 25, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka airport-port hub enables international ship repair in Covid-19 crisis

Sri Lanka is enabling international ship repair, expanding its role as South Asia's aviation and maritime hub with ports...

June 14, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka wins new business providing services to Cruise Ships anchored outside Colombo Port

Sri Lanka is providing anchoring, sludging and crew transfer services to two Princess Liner ships anchored outside Colom...

Mahadiya Hamza
June 3, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka ship crew change service gathers pace

Crew change services from Sri Lanka's Mattala Airport for global shipping is gathering pace with a charter flight coming...

May 30, 2020 3 min read
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Sri Lanka's colombo port could expand to full maritime hub with policy changes: industry expert

Sri Lanka's Colombo port has to diversify beyond being a transshipment port to be a true shipping hub, offering bunkeri...

Mahadiya Hamza
May 20, 2020 5 min read

Sri Lanka eyes billion US dollars a year by boosting seafarer employment

Sri Lanka is planning to boost employment opportunities for seafarers from the island by providing them with more employ...

May 19, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's Colombo port to provide crew change services in Coronavirus crisis

Sri Lanka' Colombo port is providing crew change service to ships plying the Indian Ocean at a time when many ports are ...

May 16, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo port gets in to container storage in Covid-19 crisis

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port has got into the business of storing containers as global shipping was disrupted during a Coron...

May 13, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka President urges equity driven infrastructure, two terminals at Colombo port

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had urged fast tracking infrastructure including two container terminals at Col...

May 12, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port LPG tanks leased to Litro Gas in use

Sri Lanka's Hambantota International Port, run by China's CM Ports said liquefied petroleum gas tanks leased to state-ru...

May 5, 2020 2 min read