Education

All activities of the Mahapola Ports & Maritime Academy, the education wing of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, are carried out in strict compliance with advice […]

When new technologies and digital solutions are introduced, the risk increases that cyberattacks can take place onboard ships and in ports. Maritime cybersecurity is more important […]

by Gary C. Kessler and Steven D. Shepard [The excerpts below are from the book Maritime Cybersecurity: A Guide for Leaders and Managers, published in early September.] […]

As the rush to digital solutions pauses, respect for the role of seafarers has come from an unusual place. It should not surprise us because the […]

Building upon the principle of standardisation in the physical world, standardisation and containerisation of the informational side of shipping can now produce efficiencies in information sharing […]

by Chris Bellamy This paper explores what is meant by ‘Maritime Crime’ and ‘Maritime Security’, building on the work of Natalie Klein and Christian Bueger. The […]

Maritime Perspectives on World History by Philip De Souza Many and terrible are the wonders to be found, and none more so than mankind, the most […]

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea comprehensively defined the parameters of the law of the sea in 1982, and since the Convention […]

Ever driven behind a truck carrying a shipping container on the motorway?  Or perhaps maybe you have seen the markings on a container, especially the back […]

In the changing socio-economic situation, it is my hope that SLPA and all related stakeholders will make continuous efforts to improve maritime transport and ports for […]