General Daya Ratnayake, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), has recently appointed two experienced officers to fill the vacant posts of Additional Managing Directors. […]
SLPA Senior Officers Promoted
Fresh random samples of 225 employees and port users test negative for Covid-19
Officials of the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health randomly collected 225 samples from employees of the Sri Lanka Ports of Authority and the Colombo […]
Note from the editorial: The departure of a colleague
The bereavement of Mr A.C. M. K. Rahman, editor of the Tamil edition of our news website, due to a sudden illness is an event that […]
SLPA employees in police jurisdictions where police curfew has been imposed should refrain from reporting for duty
SLPA Special Announcement [ UPDATED] Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the management of Sri Lanka Ports Authority has been instructed its employees living in police jurisdictions of […]
Global port volume recovery faced with second wave catastrophe
China is leading the recovery in demand for containerised goods but global throughput remains vulnerable to a second wave of COVID-19, according to Drewry Shipping Consultants’ (Drewry) […]
UN IMO suffers major cyberattack
UN’s International Maritime Organization says it suffered a ‘sophisticated’ cyber-attack against IT systems. The global shipping industry sustained a second cyber attack within a week that’s […]
Maritime Cybersecurity
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.] […]
World Maritime Day 2020 – Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet
The United Nations’ international days are an occasion to give prominence to issues of concern to the public and policy-makers. The theme chosen for World Maritime […]
World Maritime Day 2020: Theme, history, significance and all you need to know
World Maritime Day 2020 theme is “Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet”. Every year the International Maritime Organization (IMO) celebrates World Maritime Day. Here is all […]
2021 World Maritime theme – “Seafarers: at the core of shippingʹs future”
The focus on seafarers comes as the COVID-19 pandemic has placed extraordinary and unprecedented demands on seafarers. Hundreds of thousands faced and are still facing extended […]