Leaders across the international shipping industry have signed a call to action for shipping decarbonisation, urging world leaders to align shipping with the Paris Agreement’s temperature […]
Industry leaders call for government action to enable full decarbonisation by 2050
Seafarer access to medical care a matter of life and death
Joint Statement by IMO and ILO highlights need for prompt access for medical assistance for vital key worker seafarers The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization […]
කොළඹ වරායේ ITT තදබදයට පිළියම්
කොළඹ වරායේ පර්යන්ත අතර සිදු කෙරෙන “අන්තර් පර්යන්ත බහලු හුවමාරුව” හෙවත් Inter Terminal Trucking (ITT) ප්රවාහනය අතරතුර පැවැති තදබදය අවම කිරීමට පියවර ගෙන තිබේ. ජාතික මාර්ග පද්ධතිය සංවර්ධනයට […]
Maritime sector’s commitment to act on climate change highlighted
“The IMO community is highly committed to tackling climate change,” IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim says, in an interview for Making Waves: The Future of Shipping, a news-style […]
UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2021: from recovery to resilience: hanging together or swinging separately?
In 2021, the global economy will bounce back with growth of 5.3%, the fastest in nearly 50 years. The rebound is, however, highly uneven along regional, […]
SLPA to establish Intermediate Covid Treatment Centre
Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is taking steps to establish an Intermediate Covid Treatment Centre (ICTC) as a measure to provide immediate separate lodging and medical […]
How to cushion consumers from high maritime freight rates
by Jan Hoffmann, Head of Trade Logistics, UNCTAD Containerized shipping underpins the transport and delivery of global manufactured goods, including inputs, parts, components and consumer goods. […]
‘වරාය අධිකාරියේ 600කට කොරෝනා’ පුවත අසත්යයක්
2021 අගෝස්තු 07 වන දින ජාතික පුවත්පත් හා සමාජ මාධ්යන් හී ,” වරාය අධිකාරියේ 600 කට කොරෝනා“, නමැති ශීර්ෂය යටතේ ප්රසිද්ධ කොට ඇති ප්රවෘත්තිය සම්පූර්ණ සාවධ්ය […]
From X-Press Pearl to Seaspan Lahore
Experts label misdeclared and poorly packed dangerous cargo as one of the most significant threats to vessels. The Government of Sri Lanka is working to expedite […]
How the IMO can develop effective GHG reduction measures
Relying on available research when setting new targets will make it easier to estimate the overall effects of any changes implemented and determine if it’s necessary […]