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French government aids Sri Lanka in satellite technology oil spill monitoring system

It will help Sri Lanka gain expertise in the fight against marine pollution through the use of cutting-edge technologies

September 12, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka customs confiscates mis-declared arecanut

Sri Lanka Customs confiscates arecanut valued at 27,484,868 rupees.

September 12, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority has 914 excess staff, pays overtime

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September 10, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's China-backed Hambantota Port expands RORO yard

Nine main shipping lines are now using the port for vehicle transshipment

June 18, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka Navy douses chemical fire at Colombo Port

A portion of stored cleaning chemicals in a container had caught fire.

Sri Lanka port initiates West Terminal II with breakwater consultancy award

The extended Western breakwater allows West Terminal II to be built

Sri Lanka exempts ships from entry fees, demurrage, shippers from warehouse rents

Sri Lanka has exempted ships calling at ports from entry charges and demurrage during a Coronavirus curfew, while shippe...

March 27, 2020 1 min read

China-run Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka setting up warehouses, distribution centres

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port, operated by China's CM Ports group is setting up warehouses and distribution centres to str...

March 4, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka crew on Diamond Princess evacuated to India

Two crew members from Sri Lanka who were on board the Coronavirus hit Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan has been eva...

February 27, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port needs US$1bn in investments: ADB

he development of the port in Sri Lanka's capital will require 1.03 billion rupees in investments until 2026, the Asian ...

February 25, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka asks Nigeria for release of 7 crew in arrested oil tanker

Sri Lanka has asked for the release of seven crew member of tanker MT Zeebrugge, which has been arrested by the Nigerian...

February 24, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka screens cruise ships for Coronavirus

Sri Lanka is screening passengers arriving in cruise ships as coronavirus infected persons were found on a liner in Japa...

February 6, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka East Terminal to operate in three months

Sri Lanka's government will make the Eastern terminal of the Colombo Port operational within 3-months, says Daya Ratnaya...

January 28, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka eyes tanks in China-run port to store fuel buffer stock

Sri Lanka's Minister for Power and Energy, Mahinda Amaraweera has asked officials to start talks with a Chinese company ...

January 16, 2020 1 min read

China terminal handles 40-pct of Sri Lanka's Colombo port box volume

Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) said it handled 2.9 million TEUs (20-ft equivalent units) in 2019, an 8...

December 31, 2019 2 min read

Marella Discovery cruise liner calls on Colombo

Marella Discovery, the largest super-luxury ship of the Marella fleet, called on Colombo Port to boost Sri Lanka's touri...

December 30, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lanka seeking SAGT-style deal for Colombo's East terminal: PB Jayasundera

Sri Lanka is encouraging a build operate transfer style deal for Colombo's East terminal which may require over 500 mill...

December 20, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to get private investors for West terminal in Colombo

Sri Lanka will attract private investment into a planned West container terminal and study the feasibility of a 'cross-b...

December 15, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hambantota port sees more vehicle transshipment

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port, operated joint venture with China's CM Ports said it is seeing higher volumes of vehicle tr...

December 5, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo container volumes up 5.1-pct in Sept 2019

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port has handled 604,400 container in September 2019, up 5.1 percent from a year earlier, with weak ...

November 24, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port, vocational outfit train youth for harbour jobs

The Chinese-run Hambantota International Port (HIP) in southern Sri Lanka said it has tied up with a vocational training...

November 20, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Expolanka in Rs830mn Sept quarter loss

Sri Lankan logistics group Expolanka Holdings lost 830 million rupees in the September 2019 quarter compared with a prof...

November 7, 2019 1 min read

Costa Cruises begins Indian Ocean fortnightly cruises to Sri Lanka

Italy-based Costa Cruises has kicked of the first of a series of fortnightly cruises to Western India, Maldives and Colo...

November 7, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Ceyline group to buy bulk carrier

Ceyline Holdings, a diversified Sri Lankan maritime business group, plans to get into ship owning with the acquisition o...

November 6, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka lifts floor barrier for bonded warehouses

Sri Lanka's finance minister Mangala Samaraweera proposed to lift the requirement for a minimum 50,000 square feet (abou...

October 18, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hambantota port in deal with NYK to tranship vehicles

Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) said it recently entered into an agreement with Japanese shipping conglomerat...

October 17, 2019 2 min read