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Sri Lanka exporters, importers battle high rates, box shortfalls to maintain trade lifeline

Sri Lanka's exporters and importers are working against multiple global and domestic disruptions in logistics in the pos...

April 23, 2021 6 min read

Uranium ship leaves Sri Lanka's Hambantota port

A ship loaded with Uranium bound for China which had docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port for emergency repairs had lef...

April 21, 2021 1 min read

Evergreen ship blocking Suez Canal beginning to float helped by Super Moon

A ship blocking Suez canal has been refloated helped by rising tides after several days of work with tugs and dredgers, ...

March 29, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka exporters braced for delays, higher freight rates from Suez Canal shock

Sri Lanka's exporters and importers are braced for a spike in already high freight rates and delays amid rising fears th...

March 26, 2021 3 min read
South Korea destroyer docks at Sri Lanka's Colombo Port

Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy aims to engage in region not only for trade and investment, but also defense cooperation

India to Sri Lanka ferry service launched, second route planned

Second route from Rameswaram-Talaimannar planned to boost connectivity

Sri Lanka Shipping buys tug, eyes niche businesses

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Shipping Co. Ltd said it has bought a new 75 ton bollard pull tug to serve Colombo port o...

January 16, 2016 2 min read

China's Cosco Shipyard and CHEC eye Sri Lanka drydock

ECONOMYNEXT - China's Cosco Shipyard Group Company Ltd and China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd are studying the feasib...

January 15, 2016 1 min read

Maersk Line said looking to invest in Sri Lanka container facility

ECONOMYNEXT - Maersk Line, the world’s biggest container carrier, is looking to invest in a new container facilit...

January 13, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to revive port business as debt pressures cash flows

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Ports Authority said it will resume ship fuel sales and expand vehicle transshipment at t...

January 4, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka aid hub prospects seen yielding logistics business gains

ECONOMYNEXT – With Dubai’s global humanitarian aid centre nearing capacity, southern Sri Lanka’s di...

December 28, 2015 3 min read

Sri Lanka port container volumes up 6-pct, cross 5 mln mark

ECONOMYNEXT – Container volumes at Colombo, Sri Lanka’s main port, crossed the five million mark Monday, h...

December 21, 2015 1 min read

Premachandra appointed Managing Director of Sri Lanka Ports Authority

ECONOMYNEXT - Sarathkumara Premachandra has been appointed as the Managing Director of Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA),...

December 7, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka in reform drive for logistics hub in budget: Finance Minister

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said he plans to introduce key reforms in tomorrowâ�...

Rohan Gunasekera
November 19, 2015 2 min read

Premachandra new managing director of Sri Lanka Ports Authority

ECONOMYNEXT – Sarathkumara Premachandra, presently regional manager of Asian terminals of CMA CGM, the worldâ€...

November 18, 2015 1 min read

MTD Walkers buys Sri Lanka ship yard

ECONOMYNEXT – MTD Walkers PLC has acquired a Sri Lankan firm putting up a small shipyard in a fishery harbour nor...

November 18, 2015 2 min read
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Sri Lanka electric car sales hit new high in October

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's electric car registrations hit a new high of 529 units in October 2015, surpassing the previou...

November 16, 2015 1 min read

DB Schenker enters Sri Lanka and the Maldives with Aitken Spence

ECONOMYNEXT- Germany's DB Schenker, a logistics company said it had partnered with Aitken Spence which will represent it...

November 3, 2015 1 min read

Hemas Logistics ups laden container handling at Sri Lanka terminal

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Hemas group said its logistics arms had expanded its capacity to handle loaded containers with...

October 28, 2015 1 min read

Modern supply chains can give Sri Lanka competitive edge

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government and the corporate sector should focus more on modern supply chain man...

October 19, 2015 1 min read

Sharing could cut Sri Lanka empty container repositioning costs

ECONOMYNEXT - Sharing or pooling containers by shipping lines can reduce the need for costly empty container repositioni...

October 14, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka's SAGT ranked No.1 terminal in South Asia

ECONOMYNEXT - South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT), the first private sector facility in Sri Lanka’s Port of Colom...

October 8, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka may be heading for port 'capacity trap'

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's expanded port capacity and plans ahead may be ahead of demand in for the foreseeable future as...

September 28, 2015 2 min read

Indian firms must invest in Sri Lanka port, envoy says

ECONOMYNEXT – India’s envoy in Sri Lanka has indicated Indian companies will invest in the island’s...

Rohan Gunasekera
September 27, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka's older container terminals lose out amid Indian trade collapse; China firm gains

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's older container terminals have seen their business plunging in 2015 as a newly built Chinese f...

September 25, 2015 3 min read

Private ports in India drawing main lines, less dependent on Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT - India's private terminal ports on the East Coast is attracting mainline calls from ships originating from ...

September 24, 2015 2 min read