Shipping and Transport

Load Level

Jan 19, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's road development agency has allowed heavy vehicles to use the island's first expressway opened late last year linking the …

Rail Support

Jan 19, 2012 (LBO) - IRCON International Ltd, an Indian company in railway infrastructure, has completed and handed over part of a rail track in southern Sri …

Terminal Talks

Jan 13, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Aiken Spence group has confirmed it was renegotiating a contract to build a deep-water container terminal with a Chinese …

Elevated

Jan 12, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will build three elevated highways to ease traffic congestion in the capital Colombo connecting two central locations with …

Logistics

Jan 12, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Maxim Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, will build a 700 million rupee warehouse complex with a packing plant for its own use and for lease …

Rough Waters

Jan 11, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence, may be forced to pullout from a container terminal project in Colombo after financing from a Chinese bank fell …

Port Saga

Jan 11, 2012 (LBO) - China Merchant Holdings (International), and state-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority may buy parts of a 30 percent stake in a container …

Cargo Handling

Jan 07, 2012 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka Ports Authority has acquired the last consignment of tractors under an equipment upgrade for its container terminal in …

Road Plan

Jan 06, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has started a study to plan new roads to ease congestion in the capital Colombo and provide fast connections to expressways, the …

Rate War

Dec 30, 2011 (LBO) - Stiff competition among major container shipping lines that has cut freight rates is likely to continue next year, helping Sri Lankan …

Tracks

Dec 28, 2011 (LBO) - India's Tata and Maruti brands is leading Sri Lanka's vehicles market taking a lion's share of both automobile and trucks, data compiled …

Mega Ship

Dec 21, 2011 (LBO) - Colombo port has handled its first ship capable of carrying 10,000 containers and will soon be the only port in south Asia to handle even …

Transport Training

Dec 20, 2011 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan training academy has tied up with an American logistics organisation to certify its courses to build a body of transport …

Terminal Work

Dec 16, 2011 (LBO) - Construction work has begun on the first deep-water container terminal in a new harbour being built next to Sri Lanka's Colombo port that …

Port Pursuit

Dec 14, 2011 (LBO) - An Indian conglomerate is keen to acquire a stake in ports in Sri Lanka given its location and growth potential, an investment advisor …

Highway Access

Dec 14, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has got Asian Development Bank aid to upgrade six access roads linking the newly opened southern expressway with the rest of the …

Fast Berth

Dec 08, 2011 (LBO) - State-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is building a 125 million US dollar berth in an expanded harbor in Colombo to fill a capacity …

Fast Travel

Dec 08, 2011 (LBO) - About 5,000 vehicles are using Sri Lanka's first expressway, the southern expressway, each day on average, Ranjith Pemasiri, the chairman …

Port Traffic

Dec 07, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's road development agency is to build a flyover at the main entrance to Colombo port to ease traffic congestion caused by …

Proposals

Dec 04, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Ports Authority will invite more port related industries at Hambantota in the island's south this month, after a first round …