EconomicsShipping Mr Prabath J. Malavige Elevates to Managing Director at Sri Lanka Ports Authority publisherMay 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 A new Managing Director was appointed to the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) by Hon.Mnister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation – Nimal...
EconomicsShipping Sri Lanka to build South Asia’s largest logistics complex in Port of Colombo publisherApril 22, 2023 April 22, 2023 China Merchants Port Holdings leads consortium of investors in US$ 392 million South Asia Commercial and Logistics Hub SLPA and Acce...
EconomicsShipping SLPA wins prestigious GPF Awards for Port Authority of the Year and Best Public Container Terminal of the Year 2023 publisherApril 3, 2023 April 3, 2023 Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has been awarded the prestigious Global Ports Forum Awards for both ‘Port Authority of the Ye...
EconomicsShipping Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council believes there to be dire repercussions to be faced, due to continued mockery connected to shipping regulations changes publisherMarch 14, 2023 March 14, 2023 The Importers and Exporters are perturbed by the action of the Minister of Ports and Shipping, to rescind the Gazette No. 2041/10 da...
EconomicsShipping 5G+4L autonomous driving make the smart port safer and efficient publisherNovember 8, 2022 November 8, 2022 At the end of last year, port congestion caused severe disruptions in global supply chains,, and most stores were out of stock durin...
EconomicsShipping DIMO together with Kalmar uplifts Sri Lanka’s port and inland container terminal operations publisherAugust 4, 2022 August 4, 2022 DIMO, a leading diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka, and Kalmar, a global industry forerunner in port and inland container termina...
EconomicsShipping “Adequate fuel reserves available – No disruption to port operations” publisherJuly 3, 2022 July 3, 2022 The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Dr. Prasantha Jayamanna emphasizes that adequate fuel reserves are...
EconomicsShipping CICT Ranked Among Top 15 Container Terminals Worldwide by the Container Port Performance Index 2021 publisherJune 8, 2022 June 8, 2022 The World Bank Group and S&P Global Market Intelligence have ranked the Port of Colombo as the No.1 Port in South Asia and India...
EconomicsShipping WORLD BANK/S&P RANK COLOMBO AS MOST EFFICIENT PORT IN SOUTH ASIA publisherJune 6, 2022 June 6, 2022 No. 1 in South Asia/Indian Sub-Continent No. 3 among ports in the Indian Ocean Rim No. 22 among 370 ports Globally The Port of Colom...
EconomicsShipping CICT Wins Award for the Most Efficient Terminal Operator at Global Ports Forum Awards publisherApril 12, 2022 April 12, 2022 Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) excelled recently at the Global Ports Forum Awards 2021 and was awarded the title o...
EconomicsShipping US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs visits the Port of Colombo publisherMarch 29, 2022 March 29, 2022 A special US delegation led by US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Mrs. Victoria Nuland recently made a special vis...
EconomicsShipping Emirates SkyCargo transports 600 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines publisherDecember 31, 2021 December 31, 2021 More than 400 million doses flown to countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia Over 200 million doses flown in Oct and Nov 2021 Emir...