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New crane batch for CWIT

News3 Oct 2024

New batch of RMG, STS cranes arrives at Colombo West International Terminal (CWIT) in Sri Lanka....

SLPA pushes back against Indian competition concerns

News2 Sep 2024

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has dismissed recent reports suggesting a decline in transhipment volumes at the Port of Colombo was du...

Fire breaks out on MSC container ship in Colombo

News12 Aug 2024

The SLPA Fire Brigade successfully extinguished a fire on the MSC Capetown III at Colombo Port, with all crew safely evacuated....

SAGT eyes more hybrid RTGs

News27 Jun 2024

South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT) wants to hybridise six more RTG cranes as part of its decarbonisation efforts....

Maersk staff innovate ship-to-port freshwater delivery system

News11 Apr 2024

The pioneering project optimises an existing fresh water generation system onboard container vessels to further store and deliver it in tank...

Red Sea disruptions boost Colombo’s transhipment volumes

News25 Mar 2024

The Port of Colombo is experiencing a notable surge in transshipment volumes amid heightened cargo flows to and from the Middle East due to ...

Colombo with a record 7M TEU in 2018

News2 Jan 2019

The Sri Lankan hub handled the record-breaking container on 31st December 2018, from MSC’s CPO HAMBURG...

Transhipment still growing in the Port of Colombo

News12 Nov 2018

In the first nine months of 2018, the Port of Colombo witnessed its highest ever growth in transhipment container traffic, with numbers up b...

Colombo on top in H1

News1 Sep 2018

The Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka is celebrating having the fastest growth rate amongst the 30 largest box ports in the world in H1 2018, acc...

India approves new transhipment hub…

News1 Jul 2016

The Indian Government’s plan to reduce the logistics costs for the country’s importers and exporters and cut back on the amount of money...

Sole bid for Colombo

News1 Jul 2009

The global economic downturn would appear to have dampened interest in the concession to build a new container terminal at the Sri Lankan po...

Fresh call for Colombo bids

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...

New crane batch for CWIT

SLPA pushes back against Indian competition concerns

Fire breaks out on MSC container ship in Colombo

SAGT eyes more hybrid RTGs

Maersk staff innovate ship-to-port freshwater delivery system

Red Sea disruptions boost Colombo’s transhipment volumes

Colombo with a record 7M TEU in 2018

Transhipment still growing in the Port of Colombo

Colombo on top in H1

India approves new transhipment hub…

Sole bid for Colombo

Fresh call for Colombo bids

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Rijeka Gateway locks in clean power

Konecranes secures € 100m sustainability-linked loan

New container yard bolsters Northport’s annual capacity to 6.15m TEU

Port of Tanjung Pelepas returns to Sany for more cranes

ICTSI inaugurates East Java Multipurpose Terminal

New crane batch for CWIT

SLPA pushes back against Indian competition concerns

Fire breaks out on MSC container ship in Colombo

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Rijeka Gateway locks in clean power

Konecranes secures € 100m sustainability-linked loan

New container yard bolsters Northport’s annual capacity to 6.15m TEU

Port of Tanjung Pelepas returns to Sany for more cranes

ICTSI inaugurates East Java Multipurpose Terminal

Biden urges USMX for a ‘fair offer’ as strike heads into second day

Port of Montreal reveals impacts of ongoing strike

Kalmar to supply terminal tractors to Grimaldi

DP World welcomes RTGs at its Djazair container terminal

IAPH develops its own GHG performance indicator