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X-Press Pearl: Sri Lanka forms expert groups for environmental, economic costs

To get maximum compensation and channel to affected persons

June 8, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka Shippers Council calls for independent probe into X-Press Pearl fire

Impartial investigation particularly keeping politics and geopolitics aside

June 8, 2021 4 min read

X-Press Pearl which carried caustic soda sinks slowly off Sri Lanka, no oil spill yet

Oil watch continues as bow bow goes under water

June 7, 2021 3 min read

Sri Lanka recovers X-Press Pearl black box, chief officer questioned on stowage plan

Police have questioned the captain, chief engineer and deputy chief engineer

June 6, 2021 4 min read
Sri Lanka embarkation tax on ferry services cut: Corrected

Round trip ticket on ferry service between Sri Lanka and India will be reduced from 60 dollars to 5 dollars

Sri Lanka's China-backed Hambantota Port eyes container transshipment

In 2024 we will be looking at container transshipment for which the port is now ready

Sri Lanka port to resume operations; dock workers given ultimatum

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port will resume full operations on December 15, with striking dockworkers given until December 1...

December 14, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka navy breaks up dock worker strike

Sri Lankan security forces fired warning shots Saturday to disperse striking dock workers who have prevented a Japanese ...

December 10, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka, China Merchants Port Holdings in deal to operate Hambantota port

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government has approved a deal in which China Merchants Port Holdings will operate t...

December 7, 2016 1 min read

Controversy brews over Hong Kong length lease of Sri Lanka port to China: report

Sri Lanka's Ports Minister Arjuna Ranatunga had objected to a proposed 99-lease of Hambantota port to China, questioning...

November 21, 2016 2 min read

Scientists meet in Sri Lanka to build Indian Ocean forecasting system

ECONOMYNEXT – Scientists from Indian Ocean countries are meeting in Sri Lanka this week aiming to build a weather...

November 18, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Dockyard makes Rs189mn loss in Sept quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan shipyard Colombo Dockyard said it made a loss of Rs189 million in the September 2016 qua...

November 16, 2016 1 min read

Maersk keen on Sri Lanka port container terminal

ECONOMYNEXT – Denmark’s Maersk Group, which operates the world’s biggest container shipping line, i...

November 3, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka govt to service Hambantota loans; budget cash from asset sale

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is expecting to raise a $1 billion upfront from the sale of an 80 percent stake in the Southern ...

November 3, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka terminal key growth business for China Merchant Port Holdings

ECONOMYNEXT – The deep-water container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Colombo port has shown the fastest growth a...

October 7, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka shipping line renegotiates loan for new ships

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s national carrier, Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC) is renegotiating a $70 milli...

October 7, 2016 2 min read
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Sri Lanka shipping line takes delivery of second vessel

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s national carrier, Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC) has taken delivery of its se...

October 5, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka ship agents demand time bound Customs inquiries

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Customs should have time limits for completing inquiries into detained cargo in ...

September 28, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Colombo port to get more Ultra Large Container Carriers

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port will get more calls by Ultra Large Container Carriers (ULCC) such a...

September 27, 2016 1 min read

Reducing cargo clearing delays urgent, Sri Lanka shippers say

A top Sri Lankan exporter and head of the shippers’ association has called for urgent reforms to Customs to speed...

September 27, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka luxury yatch cruises becalmed over regulations

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September 24, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka finance minister asks shipping sector to embrace openness

Sri Lanka’s shipping industry will be protected against unfair foreign competition but it must be ready for the s...

Rohan Gunasekera
September 24, 2016 2 min read

Lower piracy risk reduces Sri Lanka sea marshall business

Sri Lanka’s southern port of Galle has seen a fall in the business of providing transit services for sea marshall...

Rohan Gunasekera
September 23, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Colombo plans for 35mn TEU capacity with north port

Sri Lanka's state-run ports agency has plans to expand Colombo to handle 35 million containers a year by 2040, with a No...

September 22, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka embraces India's Sagarmala, to use para diplomacy to link Southern states: PM

Sri Lanka will support India's 'Sagaramala' program of building ports around the country, and will use para diplomacy to...

September 22, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka to build container port in Trincomalee: PM

Sri Lanka was planning a container terminal in the North Eastern port of Trincomalee, which can serve India, Bangladesh ...

September 22, 2016 1 min read