Hambantota Port starts container transhipment service
NewsMany liners avoid Middle Eastern ports East of Suez and opt for the Cape of Good Hope route to unload or load Middle Eastern cargo in Sri La...
Colombo collects award and states its case
NewsRanked as the most efficient port in South Asia in 2021, the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka maintains it is still operating at a high level de...
Colombo operating “normally”
NewsDespite the crisis unfolding in Sri Lanka executives at the Port of Colombo says its facilities are operating normally....
Colombo East Phase II work under way
NewsSri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa officiated at a ceremony to mark the start of work on Phase ...
Adani Ports SEZ gets foothold in Sri Lanka
NewsAhmedabad-based Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has, at last, gained a foothold in Sri Lanka and, at the same time, bolstered ...
Sri Lanka aims for super hub status
NewsThe Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and its various terminal operating companies are investing heavily to bring new container handling capa...
CM Ports completes Hambantota deal
NewsChina Merchants Port Holdings has now handed over nearly US$1 billion for a 70% stake in Hambantota Port, one of the most expensive links in...
Colombo berthing deal
NewsFollowing a meeting with Sri Lanka’s minister of ports and shipping, Mahinda Samarasinghe, and Dr Parakrama Dissanayake, chairman of Sri L...
Colombo tops 6M TEU
NewsThe Port of Colombo crossed the 6M TEU mark on 22 December, a 4.6% increase on container traffic in 2016....
SAGT goes live with Navis N4
NewsSouth Asia Gateway Terminal (SAGT) in the Port of Colombo, has successfully gone live with Navis’ N4 terminal system and N4 Billing....
Jaya Container Terminal volumes up
NewsVolumes at Jaya Container Terminal, owned and operated by Sri Lanka Ports Authority grew steadily in Q4 2017...
Port of Colombo’s hub plan
NewsSri Lanka’s Colombo looks set to emerge as the transhipment centre for South Asia, as the country’s government gets behind plans to make...
Work on Colombo box terminal to begin soon
NewsThree international bidders - China Harbour Engineering Corp, China State Engineering Corp and Britain's Boskalis International - have shown...
CMHI takes majority stake in Colombo South
NewsChina Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) has taken a 55% stake in Sri Lanka’s Colombo South Container Terminal (CSCT) development, be...
Sri Lanka’s shipping hub ambitions
NewsSri Lanka is aiming to become an Asian shipping hub capable of competing with Singapore and Dubai by investing US$3.4B in the expanion of it...