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Sri Lanka Colombo port, container terminals assure normal services despite crisis

Normal and expected levels in the Port of Colombo, despite the economic and political crisis

May 25, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka's China backed port visited by top Japan foreign officers

Sought information relating to port activity and the economy of the southern part of Sri Lanka

May 1, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka's China-backed port visited by Defence Attachés

USA, Maldives, France, Germany, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland

March 20, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa, Indian PM Modi meet ahead of USD 1 bln credit line deal

The USD 1 billion credit line is expected to be signed during Rahjapaksa's visit, which was postponed twice.

March 16, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka Shippers call for Kerawalapitiya project to be revisited after container driver death

Kerawalapitiya Customs Inspection Operation Center project designed to ensure health, safety, efficiency of all parties

Fire on MSC Capetown III doused at Sri Lanka's Colombo port

Shipping minister calls for investigation to the fire

Sri Lanka says pressing ahead with shipping liberalization, amid Indian moves

Sri Lanka will press ahead with liberalizing the island’s shipping industry Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera ...

June 29, 2018 3 min read

China’s CM Port makes last payment to Sri Lanka for Hambantota Port

ECONOMYNEXT – Chinese global port operator China Merchant Port Holdings Limited (CM Port) has paid Sri Lanka the ...

June 20, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s SAGT gets third service from Japanese shipping group

ECONOMYNEXT – Ocean Network Express (ONE), the mega carrier born out of the merger between three Japanese shippi...

June 20, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Hemas group eyes overseas business with logistics centre JV

Sri Lankan conglomerate Hemas Holdings is looking to expand regionally with its new logistics centre housing a container...

June 19, 2018 2 min read

Merged Japanese shipping line ONE starts Sri Lanka calls

Ocean Network Express (ONE), a Japan-based shipping line, has begun calling at Sri Lanka's Colombo, port.

June 15, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka port deal with China deadlocked over island dispute: report

A Chinese state firm is holding back a part payment of 585 million US dollars for Hambantota Port over a unresolved issu...

June 10, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka port expansion delays cause concern: Hemas

ECONOMYNEXT – Delays in further expanding Colombo port with the addition of more container terminals is a cause f...

June 6, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka Colombo Port volumes up 16.2-pct in 1Q, fastest after Singapore

Containers handled at Sri Lanka's Colombo port grew 16.2 percent from a year earlier to 1.7 million twenty foot equivale...

May 29, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority profits sharply up in 2017

State-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority said it had made 13.3 billion rupees of profits in 2017, up from 1.03 billion rupees...

May 17, 2018 1 min read

Japanese alliance adds Sri Lanka’s SAGT to new container shipping service

ECONOMYNEXT – Ocean Network Express, a new global container carrier alliance of three Japanese liner companies, h...

April 23, 2018 2 min read
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APL opens new office in Sri Lanka, says shipping hub prospects good

APL, one of the world’s leading container shipping lines, said it opened a new office in Colombo, the capital of ...

April 6, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo ranked 13th best connected port in the world

Sri Lanka's Colombo port has been ranked the 13th best connected port in the world in 2017, moving up five places from 1...

March 26, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo port targets 7mn boxes in 2018 with joint marketing: Minister

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port expect to handle 7.0 million containers in 2018, up 12.9 percent from the 6.2 million twenty fo...

March 17, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka Dockyard says ship building recovery not in sight yet

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard said 2017 was yet another tough year for ship yards despite...

March 12, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard near profit in December quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard narrowed its losses further to just Rs192,000 in the December 2...

March 2, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority, SAGT recognized

Sri Lanka Ports Authority, a state port agency and South Asia Gateway Terminals which operates a terminal, has been reco...

February 28, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo port container volumes up 16.4-pct in January 2018

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port handled 564,155 containers in January 2018, up 16.4 percent from a year earlier, with transhipm...

February 19, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Walkers Colombo Shipyard launches harbour tug

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Walkers Colombo Shipyard (Private) Limited has completed the construction of its...

February 1, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo port volumes up 8.3-pct in 2017

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port has ended 207 handling 6.2 million containers up 8.3 percent in 2017, with the state-run ports ...

January 29, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka to make Kankesanturai commercial port with India funds

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is to make the northern port of Kankesanturai a commercial port that will handle regional...

January 12, 2018 1 min read