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Sri Lanka Ports Authority to waive penalties for delayed containers as dollar bites

"We can’t even be sure of the exact number of requested waivers as we have received many in a short period.’’

February 23, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Hayleys Free Zone says waste containers re-exported to UK

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February 21, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka based Expolanka Holdings net up 400-pct

Freight rates elevated

January 28, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Access Logistics Park gets 36-acre state land

The long lease will be based on the estimation of the Government Chief Valuer

January 19, 2022 1 min read
Afloat repairs at Sri Lanka's China-backed port boosted by Japan dockyard group

Colombo Dockyard to invest in new ship repair facility at Hambantota Port

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
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Sri Lanka's Hayleys offloads oil rig from Brazil in sheltered Trincomalee

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Hayleys Energy Services said it had safely offloaded an oil rig that had arrived in Trincomale...

January 10, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka gets first US$292mn from China for Hambantota Port

Sri Lanka has received 292.1 million US dollars from China Merchant Port Holdings Company Ltd, as the first instalment f...

December 26, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo port handles 6mn TEUs by December 2017

Sri Lanka's Colombo Port hand handled 6.0 million twenty foot equivalent unit (TEUs) up to December 22, with the help of...

December 26, 2017 1 min read

New Sri Lanka shipping service with Yangon, Chennai

ECONOMYNEXT – A dedicated feeder shipping service connecting Sri Lanka’s Colombo port with Yangon in Myanm...

December 19, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to call tenders for two pilot boats

State run Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA will call international tenders to buy two pilot boats, the sate information o...

December 17, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority to call bids for pilot boats

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka Ports Authority is to call for international bids to buy two pilot boats for Colombo port the pr...

December 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka readies shareholder deal with China on Hambantota port

Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved for signing with China, a shareholder agreement on two joint venture compa...

December 7, 2017 1 min read

Shipping liberalization makes Sri Lanka more competitive: Maersk

ECONOMYNEXT – A visiting senior official from Danish-owned AP Moller-Maersk, one of the world's largest container...

December 5, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Walkers Shipyard to get US$4mn from ADB

Sri Lanka's Walkers Shipyard (Pvt) Ltd said it has inked a deal to get a 4 million US dollar loan from the Manial-based ...

December 4, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka gives concessions for China port operations, ESC to be charged

Sri Lanka has given a series of tax exemptions for two joint venture companies with China that will part own or manage c...

November 29, 2017 2 min read