Trade in goods during the first quarter of 2021 was higher than the pre-pandemic level, but trade in services remained substantially below averages. World trade’s recovery […]

THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is continuing to extinguish the fire that broke out on the X-Press Pearl container ship […]

All the facilities required to make online payments for the operations and services of the SLPA are now available “Sri Lanka Ports Authority wishes to inform […]

මෙම පුවත් යාවත්කාලීන කර ඇත හදිසි තත්වය පරික්ෂා කිරීම සඳහා ගරු වරාය සහ නාවික අමාත්‍යය රෝහිත අබේගුණවර්ධන මහතා අද අලුයම දෙකට පමණ කොළඹ වරායට පැමිණියේය. ඉන්දියාවේ […]

THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY; CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardena, Minister of Ports and Shipping, arrived at the Port of Colombo this morning […]

by Max Schwerdtfeger The challenge of handling an increasing amount of cargo in a safe, efficient and environmentally-friendly way is one of the biggest questions facing […]

Following press statement issued by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) on introducing it’sVaccination Roadmap to quicken seafarer jab rollout As the US, Netherlands and other […]

“The maritime sector of any country cannot move forward if it is not willing to innovate – Sri Lanka is no exception to this phenomenon, says […]

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has called on all IMO Member States to support a fair global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, beyond fulfilling their national needs, to ensure seafarers can access vaccines.   In a statement, Mr. […]

SLPA (Sri Lanka Ports Authority) employees assigned to work in welding unit of the Engineering Division are currently constructing 1,000 fully equipped beds to support patients […]