Port Move
Aug 29, 2008 (LBO) - The chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Saliya Wickramasuriya said he will be resigning from his post for personal reasons at …
Shipping and Transport
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On Track
Aug 28, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's long-neglected railway system is a useful complement to roads and could take bulk freight transport off the roads, reducing …
Hub Race
Aug 27, 2008 (LBO) - Tenders for the long-delayed first container terminal in the planned new Colombo south port will be called in the next 2-3 weeks, a senior …
Fleet Plans
Aug 21, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Mercantile Shipping Company said it expects delivery of the first of two new cargo ships on order by the middle of next year …
Free Tests
Aug 20, 2008 (LBO) – Brown & Company and its associate Klevenberg have launched a campaign to conduct free mobile emission tests on vehicles in parts of …
Casualty
Aug 20, 2008 (LBO) - A cargo vessel owned by Sri Lanka's Vallibel group sank off the Bangladeshi port of Chittagong Wednesday after colliding with a tanker, …
Harbour Move
Aug 13, 2008 (LBO) – The chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Saliya Wickramasuriya has been asked to resign, Sri Lanka's ports and aviation …
Disputed Charge
Aug 12, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shippers have rejected the report of a mediation committee that probed a dispute over cargo handling charges in Colombo port, …
Fishing Support
August 12, 2008 (LBO) - The United States has finished re-building the third fishery harbour in southern Sri Lanka which was hit by the 2004 Asian tsunami, the …
On Board
Aug 12, 2008 (LBO) - The rapid growth of the world's shipping fleet is opening up employment opportunities for Sri Lankan seafarers but training is constrained …
New Money
Aug 07, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is negotiating additional funds to re-start work on a section of a highway to the island's south that is now suspended, but the …
Slow Way
Aug 05, 2008 (LBO) - The government lacks the funds to build part of an expressway in southern Sri Lanka that is scheduled to be completed by 2010, a senior …
Risky Waters
Aug 04, 2008 (LBO) - Heavy swells caused by monsoon weather are creating delays at Colombo port, officials at shipping lines calling at the Sri Lankan harbour …
Express Deal
Aug 01, 2008 (2008) - The Sri Lankan government plans to award a Chinese firm the contract to build a long-delayed expressway linking the capital Colombo with …
Better Travel
July 29, 2008 (LBO) – An efficient public transport system will help Sri Lanka reduce its fuel bill and curb environmental pollution, a top official from …
Slippery Future
July 25, 2008 (LBO) - Fitch Ratings said the future of the bunkering business of Sri Lanka's John Keells Holdings was uncertain after a court ordered the …
Rail Loan
July 23, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has inked a deal with India's Export-Import Bank of India to borrow 100 million US dollars to upgrade a coastal rail track and …
Harbour Moves
July 16, 2008 (LBO) - Colombo port plans to order more quay-side gantry cranes, mobile cranes and tractors to boost productivity and cope with increasing cargo …
Freight Fracas
July 10, 2008 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council (SLSC) says their dispute with foreign shipping lines over a handling charge at Colombo port …
Transport Trends
July 01, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan freight forwarders should use their expertise in international trade to modernise the island's archaic, inefficient …