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 …
Shipping and Transport
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Rock Row
Nov 30, 2011 (LBO) - Chinese contractors building a new port in southern Sri Lanka have finished blasting and clearing a rock blocking the entrance channel …
Express Travel
Nov 27, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has opened the country's first expressway running from the capital Colombo to the city of Galle, …
Expressway Expertise
Nov 24, 2011 (LBO) - Japan will provide funding for an electronic toll collection 'touch-and-go' card system on Sri Lanka's first expressway that is to be …
Safety Questions
Nov 18, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's first expressway has serious flaws that make 100 kilometres an hour travel unsafe, an organisation of transport professionals …
Cargo Lift
Nov 18, 2011 (LBO) - Container terminals at Colombo port run by state-owned Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) have received a second batch of new cranes to …
Rail Link
Nov 18, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has signed a deal with India to restore part of a northern railway line that was damaged during the ethnic war under project …
Shipping Cycle
Nov 18, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard said September 2011 quarter net profit fell 43 percent to 455 million rupees from a year ago as revenue from …
Tar Imports
Nov 17, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has allowed the state Road Development Agency to directly import bitumen for road building in addition to buying from state-run …
Highway Hopes
Nov 17, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's first high-speed expressway that is to be opened this month lacks adequate roadside space to park vehicles during emergency …