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News1 Mar 2009

A fresh call for bids to build a new container terminal at Colombo has drawn the interest of some of the world’s top port operators and sh...

News1 Feb 2009

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has called for fresh bids for the construction of a new container terminal at the Port of Colombo follo...

News1 Oct 2008

Sri Lanka’s Colombo port needs to move fast to build new deepwater container terminals if it is to remain competitive, according to Amal R...

News1 Apr 2008

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction has won the US$377M contract to build a seawall and carry out dredging works to expand ...

News1 Feb 2008

Going against the recommendations of two government committees, Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) seems determined to award the US$400M Colom...

News1 Nov 2007

The government of Sri Lanka is evaluating five bids to build and operate a 2.4M TEU/year container terminal at Colombo’s South Harbour dev...

News1 Jun 2007

Five parties are reported to have submitted Expressions of Interest to build and operate a new container terminal at the Port of Colombo’s...

News1 Jan 2007

Preliminary work has started on the long-awaited South Harbour expansion at Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo that will increase its container h...

News1 Sep 2006

Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Sri Lanka with a US$225M loan to part-finance the construction of the longawaited Sou...

News1 Jan 2006

The Sri Lankan government plans to build new facilities at the Port of Colombo to allow it to handle 4 mill TEU a year, according to D Ariya...

News1 Apr 2005

Sri Lanka has approved plans to build four more container terminals at Colombo to increase annual handling capacity from 2.5 mill TEU to 12 ...

News1 Feb 2005

Transhipment cargo is notoriously “fickle” but several new terminals backed by global port operators are set to make the fight for trans...

News1 Oct 2003

Sri Lanka is trying to attract investors to build a new basin and 10 container berths at the Port of Colombo to transform it into a hub port...

News1 Jan 2003

Throughput at Colombo was flat again last year but private operator SAGT continued to take business from state-run JCT...

News1 May 2002

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SPLA) plans to seek an alliance with an international terminal operator to revive the sagging fortunes of Col...