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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....

ZPMC delivers three more STS cranes to Sri Lanka’s ECT

News9 May 2024

With the recent delivery of STS cranes, the Eastern Container Terminal is halfway through its quay crane capacity buildup....

SLPA to take delivery of new equipment

News9 Feb 2024

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is to take delivery of cargo handling equipment worth more than US$282M in the next few months....

DFC loans Colombo CT US$553M

News10 Nov 2023

The Washington (DC)-based US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is lending US$553M to Colombo West International Terminal P...

Phase 5 of Jaya Container Terminal in Sri Lanka under way

News2 Dec 2020

Construction of phase 5 of Jaya Container Terminal, operated by Sri Lanka Ports Authority, has begun...

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 transshipment traffic up almost 20% in H1 2018

News23 Jul 2018

The Port of Colombo has witnessed its highest ever year-on-year growth of 19.8% in transshipment container throughput in H1 2018, handling ...

CM Ports completes Hambantota deal

News21 Jun 2018

China 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 tops 6M TEU

News27 Dec 2017

The Port of Colombo crossed the 6M TEU mark on 22 December, a 4.6% increase on container traffic in 2016....

Jaya Container Terminal volumes up

News30 Jan 2017

Volumes at Jaya Container Terminal, owned and operated by Sri Lanka Ports Authority grew steadily in Q4 2017...

Colombo concession in limbo

News1 Jan 2017

It looks as if the concession process for the Colombo Port East Container Terminal (CPECT) will be cancelled, with bids submitted by the sev...

PPP plan for Colombo’s East Container Terminal

News1 Feb 2016

Sri Lanka is to develop Colombo’s East Container Terminal, via a public-private partnership (PPP) that would leave the government with a m...

SLPA to buy cranes

News1 Jun 2015

A crane tender is set to be issued by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) shortly. The SLPA has invested US$80M in the first 400m of a new ...

CTOS for CICT

News1 Aug 2013

The new Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT) in Sri Lanka has opened with the in-house TOS developed by China Merchants Holdings ...

SLPA pushes back against Indian competition concerns

Fire breaks out on MSC container ship in Colombo

ZPMC delivers three more STS cranes to Sri Lanka’s ECT

SLPA to take delivery of new equipment

DFC loans Colombo CT US$553M

Phase 5 of Jaya Container Terminal in Sri Lanka under way

Colombo with a record 7M TEU in 2018

Transhipment still growing in the Port of Colombo

Colombo transshipment traffic up almost 20% in H1 2018

CM Ports completes Hambantota deal

Colombo tops 6M TEU

Jaya Container Terminal volumes up

Colombo concession in limbo

PPP plan for Colombo’s East Container Terminal

SLPA to buy cranes

CTOS for CICT

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Fire from overturned truck carrying lithium-ion batteries shuts down Port of LA, POLB terminals

Tsubaki Kabelschlepp launches new aluminium hole stay system

Mixed results for CSX

Westports launches Westports 2 terminal expansion

People on the Move: Port Houston appoints CEO, Port of LA names Deputy Executive Director, changes at Maersk

SLPA pushes back against Indian competition concerns

Fire breaks out on MSC container ship in Colombo

ZPMC delivers three more STS cranes to Sri Lanka’s ECT

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Fire from overturned truck carrying lithium-ion batteries shuts down Port of LA, POLB terminals

Tsubaki Kabelschlepp launches new aluminium hole stay system

Mixed results for CSX

Westports launches Westports 2 terminal expansion

People on the Move: Port Houston appoints CEO, Port of LA names Deputy Executive Director, changes at Maersk

SAMSA: Smoke onboard Maersk ship, update on pharma material cleanup

USMX calls the ILA to the table

CMA CGM to acquire 48% stake in Santos Brasil

FMC urges industry to follow rules ahead of potential strikes

JAXPORT wins US$ 23m for crane upgrades