Transport Costs
July 26, 2010 (LBO) - Shipping lines calling at Colombo port may have to raise freight rates to cover losses in recent years and return to profitability, Sri …
Shipping and Transport
Liner Worries
July 23, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shipping agents said they are concerned over delays at Colombo port although they expect the situation to improve with new …
River Yard
July 21, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan ship builder Colombo Dockyard has begun building a ferry for passengers in the former northern war zone using a new yard on a …
Rail Deals
July 16, 2010 (LBO) - Indian and Chinese companies have been awarded two deals to modernise and rebuild parts of Sri Lanka's railway network damaged by war and …
Cargo Risk
July 15, 2010 (LBO) - International insurers have removed Sri Lanka from their cargo war risk insurance list paving the way for reduced import costs, removal …
Nearly Docked
July 8, 2010 (LBO) - A deal to build a container terminal in an expanded Colombo port will be awarded to a China - Sri Lanka consortium within 'two to three …
Cargo Flow
July 07, 2010 (LBO) - Container volume growth at a Colombo port private terminal run by an associate firm of John Keells Holdings slowed down sharply in June …
Cargo Room
June 29, 2010 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka Ports Authority is providing more space at its main container terminal for freight to ease congestion, SLPA managing …
Port City
June 28, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo is to be expanded out to sea on reclaimed land with material dredged to build a new port, …
Shipping Link
June 28, 2010 (LBO) – The permanent secretariat of the Asian Shippers’ Council (ASC), the world’s largest shippers’ body, has been …
Transport Blues
June 26, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's private bus sector can push up revenues by about 20 percent by cutting leakages with an online ticket machine, but the …
Port Move
June 23, 2010 (LBO) The Sri Lanka ports Authority has signed a contract with a Chinese firm, China Harbour Engineering Company, to start the second phase of a …
Hold Outs
June 22, 2010 (LBO) - A steep tax cut on vehicle imports in Sri Lanka has injected life into the almost comatose car trade, but some dealers are stubbornly …
Insurance Lift
June 13, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan ports are now free of any extra war risk-related insurance premiums following the removal of the island from the area listed …
Maritime Ventures
June 11, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence group said its maritime transportation business division is considering setting up a maritime campus overseas …
Risk Rating
June 11, 2010 (LBO) - London underwriters have removed Sri Lanka from the area listed for war risk insurance following lobbying by the island's government that …
Box Trends
June 08, 2010 (LBO) - Cargo volumes at a Colombo port private terminal run by an associate firm of John Keells Holdings surged 22. buy phenergan online …
Maritime Links
June 08, 2010 (LBO) - Three shipping lines have launched a new container shipping service through Sri Lanka's Colombo port to carry cargo to east Africa from …
Logistics Link
May 31, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) is to function under the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), the island's …
Donor Funding
May 20, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to get 133.9 million dollars from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to repair four rural roads, the …