Maritime Industry in Sri Lanka: Our Heritage – Our Opportunity by Nilantha Ilangamuwa This year we celebrate World Maritime Day under an apt theme, ‘new technologies […]
Sri Lanka: Celebrating World Maritime Day – 2022
Sri Lanka: Ports as a Premier Bunker Oil Supplier
Lest we forget, this whole idea of becoming South Asia’s maritime hub did not happen overnight – it was a decades-long approach of bringing together the public and private sectors to achieve maritime strategic objectives – a holistic, joined-up industry approach.
When might meets mightier
Vulnerable whale species include the blue whale that can be found off the coast of Sri Lanka. New routes have been decided in line “with the […]
“Super-Year’ For the Ocean
Following excerpts adapted from the speech by IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim at the International Marine Debris Conference, Busan, Republic of Korea on 19 September 2022 The […]
Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
[From our Archive] In 1954, just five months after her coronation, Queen Elizabeth II engaged in a royal visit to Sri Lanka. This was the first […]
Minister Visits Galle Port
Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva said that the development of the Galle Port is a national interest and not merely a […]
CASA Conducts 56th AGM
Ceylon Association of Shipping Agents (CASA), the voice of the shipping industry and the apex body that represents shipping in Sri Lanka, tracing its roots back […]
Two deep water terminals to be added soon
Two deep water terminals will be added within two to three years at the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Hon. Nimal […]
Safety, legal and facilitation aspects of autonomous shipping discussed
Regulating Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) has implications for safety, legal and facilitation instruments under the purview of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The first session […]
Empty container problem intensifies, reports Sea-Intelligence
Sea-Intelligence revisited its analysis of the eventual normalisation of supply chains and the potential impact on empty container flows. The underlying data for this model comes […]