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Cargo rush: Sri Lanka police arrest eight for collecting debris off burning container ship

Police have also taken into custody a lorry that was transporting the goods.

May 27, 2021 3 min read

Qatar, India refused leaking X-Press Pearl boxes before fire in Sri Lanka: report

Chemical leak discovered in Arabian sea

May 27, 2021 2 min read

Charred debris from blazing X-Press Pearl washes up on Sri Lanka shores

Containment efforts and firefighting continue

May 26, 2021 3 min read

India sends ships, aircraft to help Sri Lanka control oil spill, X-press Pearl blaze

Vessels Vaibhav, Vajra and Samudra Prehari by Indian Coast Guard and Tug Water Lilly

May 25, 2021 2 min read
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka eyes $200 mln yearly from foreign ships

“We lose significant revenue because we don’t have ENCs" - Minister

US DFC to lend US$553mn to JKH-Adani Sri Lanka terminal

US International Development Finance Corporation will invest 536 million US dollars in Colombo Ports West Terminal

Hemas bags Evergreen Lines Sri Lanka agency

ECONOMYEXT - Hemas Maritime (Pvt) Ltd, a unit of listed Hemas group said it has been appointed the Evergreen Lines as it...

April 28, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Dockyard declares Rs1bn loss on cancelled order, lower prices

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard has declared a loss of a billion rupees in the December 2015 qu...

April 7, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka port lures new shipping service

ECONOMYNEXT – Colombo International Container Terminals Ltd. attracted a new shipping line, Interasia Lines Ltd. ...

April 4, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka sees cruise calls

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has seen 21 cruise liners call at Colombo and other ports in the first quarter of 2016, with 11 ...

April 4, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka eyes Chinese partners for Hambantota port, Mattala airport

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is in talks to forge partnerships with Chinese firms to make Hambantota port and Mattala airport...

March 19, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka shipping line to diversify business with new vessel

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s national carrier, Ceylon Shipping Corporation, aims to diversify business now th...

March 16, 2016 2 min read

China gets go-ahead for contentious Sri Lanka port city

Colombo (Sri Lanka) (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Thursday granted permission for China to build a vast "port city" in the island...

March 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka Dockyard renegotiates ship orders, delays accounts

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard said it was renegotiating orders for new ships with customers h...

March 3, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka probes loss of revenue from unused port weighbridge

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s ports and shipping minister Arjuna Ranatunga has ordered a probe into revenue lo...

March 3, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka shippers told mis-declared cargo could disrupt supply chains

ECONOMYNEXT – The International Maritime Organisation has told Sri Lankan shippers supply chains could get disrup...

February 19, 2016 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's Colombo aims to be top regional cruise hub

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Colombo port will build a dedicated cruise terminal aiming to be the largest cruise port in th...

February 18, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Mercantile Shipping losses widen in December quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan ship owner Mercantile Shipping Company’s December 2015 quarter loss rose 56 perce...

February 15, 2016 1 min read

ADB to advise Sri Lanka port on equity partner for terminal

ECONOMYNEXT - The Asian Development Bank will advise state-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority to seek a 49 percent joint vent...

February 12, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka port cargo volume hits new high

ECONOMYNEXT – Container volumes at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port hit a new high of 22,422 twenty-foot equivalen...

February 11, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to review shipping policy with stakeholders

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Minister of Ports and Shipping Arjuna Ranatunga has held the first meeting of an...

February 9, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo used as turnaround port by Hapag-Lloyd cruise line

ECONOMYNEXT - Germany's Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten has started to use Colombo as a turnaround port in its Indian Ocean Isl...

January 31, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Hambantota port investments as private-public partnerships

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will make a request for proposals for investments in the southern Hambantota port industr...

January 21, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka seeks partner for Colombo container terminal

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is seeking a partner for Colombo's partly built second deep draught container terminal that will...

January 20, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka to seek new investors for Hambantota port industries

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will call for fresh investment proposals for an industrial zone adjacent to Hambantota port late...

January 19, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka Ports Authority grows container volumes ending slump

ECONMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's state run container terminals in Colombo has grown its container volumes in the last quarter of...

January 18, 2016 2 min read