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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 […]

​It is estimated that more than 300,000 seafarers and marine personnel are currently stranded at sea and unable to be repatriated despite the expiry of their contracts. A similar number of seafarers have […]

As an institution with a large physical and human resources, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority needs to develop a program to properly manage the available resources, […]

The MT New Diamond crude oil tanker was transporting 270,000 metric tons of crude oil from the port of Meena Al Ahmadi in Kuwait to the […]

Sri Lankan ships and Indian Coast Guard ships successfully towed the MT New Diamond more than 40 Nautical Miles away from Sri Lanka coast to safe […]

Guidance on the gradual and safe resumption of operations of cruise ships in the European Union in relation to the COVID‑19 pandemic has been circulated by […]

The SLPA has made a financial donation to the President’s National Covid-19 Relief Fund recently. The donation was made out of the contributions of employees of the Sri […]

The Maritime Technology Cooperation Center (Asia) was recently organized Webinar with the participation of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority to find pathways to greener and more […]

June 25 Day of the Seafarer: 12,000 Additional Seafaring Jobs by 2025 Seafarers move more than 80 percent of the world’s cargo, and are key drivers […]

June 25 – Day of the Seafarer Upon taking over his office, His Excellency The President Gotabaya Rajapaksa urged to rethink the functions of the public […]