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South Korea destroyer docks at Sri Lanka's Colombo Port

Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy aims to engage in region not only for trade and investment, but also defense cooperation

October 27, 2023 2 min read

India to Sri Lanka ferry service launched, second route planned

Second route from Rameswaram-Talaimannar planned to boost connectivity

October 15, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka Palali airport, ferry service connect India more closely by air and sea

Flight operations between Madras and Palali, scheduled three times a week, have completed a total of 200 flights

October 10, 2023 2 min read

Haulmatic says Sri Lanka developed AI-backed platform will slash logistics costs

The firm says it is targeting the Asia Pacific markets from it Singapore office

October 8, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Profits slightly down despite Red Sea revenues

The report did not give the reason for the steep rise in costs

Sri Lanka to call investors for Colombo West Terminal II within month

The breakwater expansion study has already begun

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
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Sri Lanka's SAGT says e-clearing is now live at its Colombo port terminal

South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT a unit of Sri Lanka's John Keells Holdings says it has started paperless clearing of ...

May 3, 2020 2 min read

Vehicle clearance from Sri Lanka's Hambantota port slow

Vehicle clearance from Sri Lanka's Hambantota port, was still slow with only about 200 vehicles being cleared despite co...

May 1, 2020 1 min read

Coronavirus drives Sri Lanka towards e-clearance of cargo

Electronic clearance of cargo which can speed up exports and can bring Sri Lanka in line with advanced ports in the worl...

Chanka Jayasinghe
April 26, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's China-built port asks importers to clear 5,000 cars, no demurrage

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port, operated by CM Ports of China has asked importers to clear over 5,000 vehicles that had bee...

April 25, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo port hit by India, Bangladesh lockdowns

Container transshipment business at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port has been hit by lockdowns in India and Bangladesh over Co...

Tania Madies
April 19, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo port swamped in 40,000 import boxes over Coronavirus

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port is swamped in over 40,000 containers after a Coroanvirus crisis disrupted economic activities a...

April 16, 2020 2 min read

As Coronavirus spreads in South Asia, Sri Lanka Navy, Air Force step up patrols

Sri Lanka's Navy and Air Force has stepped up maritime surveillance to keep out illegal entrants as Coronavirus spreads ...

Chanka Jayasinghe
April 12, 2020 2 min read

Laugfs Sri Lanka LPG tanker docks at China-run port in Hambantota

Gas Courage, a Sri Lanka registered liquefied petroleum gas tanker owned by Colombo-based by LAUGFS Maritime Services (P...

April 11, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka's China-run port stocked up to oil Coronavirus hit Indian Ocean shipping

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port, run by China's CM Ports group with Chinese oil group Sinopec, has stocked up bunker oil to ...

April 8, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority gives Covid-19 hotlines to shippers, asks to take away containers

Sri Lanka's Ports Authority has asked importers to take away containers cleared by customs quickly and said concessions...

Chanka Jayasinghe
April 4, 2020 1 min read