Heavy Lift
Dec 29, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan logistics firm FPS Lanka is considering setting up offices in the new southern port of Hambantota and in eastern Trincomalee …
Dec 29, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan logistics firm FPS Lanka is considering setting up offices in the new southern port of Hambantota and in eastern Trincomalee …
Dec 27, 2010 (LBO) - The number of vehicles imported by Sri Lanka continues to surge after a sharp import duty reduction, with new registrations up 74 percent …
Dec 21, 2010 (LBO) - Colombo port volumes hit a new record of four million containers Tuesday supported by strong growth in both transshipment and …
Dec 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had given the nod for two ferry services to be set up with India between Colombo and Turicorin and …
Dec 14, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has approved tax cuts up to 50 percent of car import prices to senior state sector workers after nearly halving tariffs on motor …
Dec 13, 2010 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan boat yard taken over and revived by Dubai-based interests delivered a trawler for an African client last week and plans to …
Dec 12, 2010 (LBO) - Warships from foreign navies, including India, joined Sri Lanka's navy in a sail past Saturday amid improving maritime security …
December 10, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police arrested four people Friday, including a Pakistani national, after seizing 50 kilos (110 pounds) of high-grade …
NAIROBI, December 9, 2010 (AFP) - Somali pirates have released a Saudi oil tanker along with its 14-member crew which they seized nine months ago after a …
Dec 09, 2010 (LBO) - The scheduled opening of an expressway linking Sri Lanka's capital Colombo with the south next year will be delayed as heavy rain has …
Dec 08, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is considering having "concessionary" bus fares at peak hours to help "private and public workers" one of the country's …
Dec 07, 2010 (LBO) - Container volumes handled by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) hit a record two million in the 11 months to November 2010, up 26. …
Dec 07, 2010 (LBO) - Container volumes at Sri Lanka's South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT), a private transhipment facility in Colombo port, fell to a yearly …
Dec 06, 2010 (LBO) - Logiventures, a unit of Sri Lanka's Hayleys group, expects an anticipated post-war construction boom to increase demand for its portable …
Dec 03, 2010 (LBO) - An emerging requirement for fast passenger ferries to link Indian island territories with the mainland could be an opportunity for Sri …
KUALA LUMPUR, December 2, 2010 (AFP) - Malaysia says it is taking steps to secure the release of a Malaysian-flagged cargo ship and its 23 crew seized by …
Nov 29, 2010 (LBO) - Indian investors will be encouraged to invest in southern Sri Lanka where China has built a new port, according to remarks by India's …
Nov 26, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and India has inked a deal for a 416 million US dollar credit from India's export import bank to rebuild railways in the …
TOKYO, November 21, 2010 (AFP) - A small, unidentified ship opened fire on a container vessel run by a Japanese logistics firm, in an apparent piracy attack in …
Nov 18, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's new Chinese built port in the Southern city of Hambantota was formally commissioned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday …