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Sri Lanka collects 34 containers of debris from stricken X-Press Pearl

Police assistance sought to find consignees and more details of cargo

June 3, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka beefs up defences for possible oil spill from X-Press Pearl

Fisheries Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said a plan had been devised to contain any possible oil spill

June 3, 2021 2 min read

X-Press Pearl stern hits bottom aborting tow, Sri Lanka renews oil spill watch

Salvors abort tow after the stern of the partially sunken vessel settles on the ocean floor

June 2, 2021 2 min read

X-Press Pear sinking off Sri Lanka while being towed

On June 01 salvors had found the engine room flooded and smoke coming out of the hold

June 2, 2021 1 min read
Sri Lanka's China-run Hambantota Port sees higher oil and gas ship calls

Hambantota Port has seen steep increase in oil and gas vessels in 2023 helped by Sinopec's bunker operations,

British ship HMS Spey arrives in Sri Lanka

HMS Spey, a 90.5m long Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) manned by a crew of 56, arrived at the port of Colombo

Indian port reforms seen no threat to Sri Lanka yet

ECONOMYNEXT- Indian government reforms to lift coastal shipping restrictions and encourage ports to attract mainline shi...

September 21, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Hayleys Advantis doubles container handling capacity

ECONOMYNEXT – Hayleys Advantis Limited said it has doubled its container handling capacity with the opening of a ...

September 13, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s CICT lures new service with Ultra Large Container Carrier

ECONOMYNEXT - One of the largest container ships afloat is expected to call at Sri Lanka for the first time next week, s...

September 9, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka builds piers for ferries to link northern islands

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Ports and Shipping Ministry said four piers and a slipway are to be built to cat...

September 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka mulls canal boat service with private partner for Colombo

Sri Lanka will study the feasibility of starting a boat service on the canals and the Kelani River in the capital Colomb...

September 8, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka mulls using container terminal space for LNG terminal

Sri Lanka may use the remaining section of an expanded Colombo container port complex for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...

September 6, 2016 2 min read

Hayleys Advantis supports US military ship call in Sri Lanka

Advantis Marine, a unit of Sri Lanka's Hayleys Advantis, said it had provided logistics support for a US military ship t...

September 4, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to call investors to build yatch marina in Galle

Sri Lanka will shortly call for expressions of interest to build a yatch marina in the Southern port of Galle, Ports Min...

September 3, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka sets up merchant shipping office for north

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Ports and Shipping Ministry has set up an office of the Merchant Shipping Secretariat i...

September 2, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Walkers Shipyard launches first vessel

ECONOMYNEXT – Walkers Colombo Shipyard (Pvt) Ltd. said it has completed building and launched its first vessel, a...

August 31, 2016 2 min read
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Sri Lanka Ports Authority probes fire at contractor site

ECONOMYNEXT - The Sri Lanka Ports Authority said it has begun an investigation into a fire that broke out at a private c...

August 30, 2016 1 min read

Chinese port terminal trains Sri Lankan quay crane operators

ECONOMYNEXT – Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) said it will support Sri Lanka’s National A...

August 29, 2016 1 min read

Industries approved for Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port may be shifted to Trincomalee

Several investments approved to invest in an industrial zone bordering Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port by the last regime ma...

August 27, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks Indian stake in Colombo port amid Chinese presence

Sri Lanka would like to see an investor from India take a share in a private consortium that will be given a concession ...

August 26, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka Dockyard makes modest recovery in June 2016 quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard said it made a net profit of Rs55 million in the June 2016 ...

August 15, 2016 1 min read

Reforms yield productivity gains at Sri Lanka port

Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has improved productivity at its container terminals in Colombo port by depoliticising ...

July 26, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka extends deadline in port terminal tender

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has extended by a month the deadline for expressions of interest i...

July 25, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority expanding Colombo port storage

Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has said it is expanding its storage facilities in Colombo port by rebuilding a warehou...

July 25, 2016 1 min read

China's IZP may get Sri Lanka's Mattala Airport for Silk Road Station

IZP, a Chinese information technology company that builds financial infrastructure to popularize Renminbi on 'Silk Road ...

July 18, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority says compliant with container weight rule

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) terminals have become compliant with a new international rule that...

July 12, 2016 2 min read