Corn Probe
Nov 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan customs authorities are holding a ship that carried 72,000 tonnes of wheat to a mill owned by Prima of Singapore in the …
Shipping and Transport
Cost Crackdown
Nov 11, 2008 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), which suffered a loss last year, plans to maintain tight control of finances and minimise waste in a …
Maritime Deal
Nov 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Hemas group has bought a stake in ship owner and operator Mercantile Shipping Company as part of a strategic thrust into …
Oil Support
Oct 27, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Hayleys group has tied up with UK based Edgo Merap to enter the oil and gas industry support services industry, the …
Merchant Sailors
MANILA, October 26, 2008 (AFP) - Amid dire predictions that trade will slow next year due to the global financial crisis, hundreds of Filipino seamen still …
Shipping Attack
Oct 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have staged a suicide attack on merchant ships carrying supplies to the northern Jaffna peninsular early …
Shipping Attack
Oct 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have staged a suicide attack on merchant ships carrying supplies to the northern Jaffna peninsular early …
Shipping Attack
Oct 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have staged a suicide attack on merchant ships carrying supplies to the northern Jaffna peninsular early …
Southern Shipping
Oct 20, 2008 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is to invite investments from the private sector early next year to set up business in a new port …
Freight Deflation
Oct 16, 2008 (LBO) - Freight costs could fall with an expected slowdown in the US economy and the end this weekend of shipping liner cartels which fix rates, …
Terminal Trends
Oct 15, 2008 (LBO) - The Maersk group, which runs the world's biggest shipping line, may be interested in investing in a new container terminal in the planned …
Policy Track
Oct 14, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lana's government plans to deregulate railway freight rates and invite private sector participation to increase movement of goods by …
Shipping Trends
Oct 10, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Colombo port needs to move fast to build new deep-water terminals if it is to remain competitive, a senior official of the …
Port Moves
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) intends to build and operate a container terminal in the planned new deep-draft port being built next …
Fuel Supply
Oct 03, 2008 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) plans to increase storage of ship fuels at its newly acquired tank farm near Colombo port by building …
Judicial Ire
Sept 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has slammed police and bribery authorities and summoned the country's former finance secretary to court …
Ship Fuel
Sept 27, 2008 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) said Friday that it had started bunkering operations in Colombo port through a newly established …
Pirates Ahoy
NAIROBI, September 18, 2008 (AFP) - Pirates seized another ship off the Somali coast in the Indian Ocean, a maritime official said Thursday. online pharmacy …
Port Race
Sept 16, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is hoping to call fresh bids for a container terminal concession in an expanded port in Colombo in October, a government …
Bunker Losses
Sept 15, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's John Keells Holdings says its bunkering unit lost 20 million rupees (184,000 US dollars), because it was unable to remove all …