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VIDEO: SLPA Chairman Pays a Progress Inspection Visit of East Container Terminal
“ප්‍රමාණවත් ඉන්ධන සංචිත තිබේ – වරාය මෙහෙයුම් කටයුතුවලට බාධාවක් නෑ”
“Adequate fuel reserves available – No disruption to port operations”
Why Smart Container?
මගේ ඉලක්කය වරාය ආදායම ඩොලර් බිලියනයක් දක්වා ඉහළ නැංවීමයි. – වත්මන් වරාය සභාපති ආචාර්ය ප්‍රශාන්ත ජයමාන්න
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    June 28, 20224

    Why Smart Container?

    June 27, 20224

    Seafarers: Where would we be without you?

    June 9, 20224

    Containerships can cut emissions by 14 per cent through Just In Time arrivals

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    Seafarer shortages – future recruitment and competencies

    June 8, 20224

    Shipping Agents Reaffirm Continuity of Export-Import Business

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    VIDEO: SLPA Chairman Pays a Progress Inspection Visit of East Container Terminal

    June 29, 20224

    “Adequate fuel reserves available – No disruption to port operations”

    June 9, 20224

    Enhance International Confidence in Ports – President

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    May 9, 20214

    SLPA Upgrades its Terminal Management System

    May 7, 20214

    SLPA: Special Notice – Finance Division Activities

    November 13, 20204

    Sri Lanka: Colombo Port ranked as world’s 18th best-connected port

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    VIDEO: SLPA Chairman Pays a Progress Inspection Visit of East Container Terminal

    June 3, 20224

    Colombo the most efficient port in South Asia – World Bank and S&P

    April 28, 20224

    Port Operations are Normal – SLPA

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    June 30, 20224

    “ප්‍රමාණවත් ඉන්ධන සංචිත තිබේ – වරාය මෙහෙයුම් කටයුතුවලට බාධාවක් නෑ”

    June 27, 20224

    මගේ ඉලක්කය වරාය ආදායම ඩොලර් බිලියනයක් දක්වා ඉහළ නැංවීමයි. – වත්මන් වරාය සභාපති ආචාර්ය ප්‍රශාන්ත ජයමාන්න

    June 10, 20224

    වරාය පිළිබඳ ජාත්‍යන්තරයේ විශ්වාසය තහවුරු කරන්න. – ජනපති පවසයි.

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    January 15, 20214

    இலங்கை துறைமுக அதிகார சபையின் கொவிட் ஒழிப்புக்கான புதிய வழிகாட்டி வெளியிடப்படல்

    October 10, 20204

    ஒரு சக நண்பனின் இழப்பு

    July 27, 20204

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Features. International Viewpoints. June 27, 2022

ICS at 100: Shaping the Future of Shipping

By Editor

In 2022, the International Chamber of Shipping celebrated its 100th anniversary. Following excerpt adapted from the commemorative book charts the history of the organisation from 1921 […]

Features. International Viewpoints. June 25, 2022

Seafarer journeys in spotlight for Day of the Seafarer 2022

By Editor

JUNE 25 – DAY OF SEAFARER Seafarers are sharing their maritime voyages across social media to mark the Day of the Seafarer 2022.  The maritime world […]

Features. International Viewpoints. Opinions. June 24, 2022

Containers lost at sea increased 400% in 2020 – 2021

By Editor

There was a four-fold increase in the number of containers lost overboard during 2020 – 2021 compared to the previous two-year. According to figures from the World […]

Features. International Viewpoints. June 24, 2022

Smart Container Fleet to Grow 8-Fold Over Next 5 Years: Drewry Report

By Editor

Smart containers have increased in prominence following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic The global telematics enabled container equipment fleet is forecast to grow 8-fold over […]

Features. International Viewpoints. Opinions. June 24, 2022

IMO’s Low Carbon GIA seeks new members

By Editor

The IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 project is welcoming expressions of interest from maritime companies to be part of its Global Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping (Low Carbon GIA). […]

Features. International Viewpoints. June 16, 2022

COVID-19 and maritime transport: Impact and responses

By Editor

Following excerpts from the report issued by UNCTAD Maritime transport underpins global supply chain linkages and economic interdependency with shipping and ports estimated to handle over […]

Features. International Events. International Viewpoints. June 12, 2022

Seafarer shortages – future recruitment and competencies

By Editor

As has been well-documented the pandemic saw up to 400,000 seafarers being forced to work beyond their contracts due the barring of crew change by governments, […]

Features. International Viewpoints. Terminals. June 3, 2022

Colombo the most efficient port in South Asia – World Bank and S&P

By Editor

No. 1 in South Asia/Indian Sub-Continent No. 3 among ports in Indian Ocean Rim No. 22 among 370 ports globally The Port of Colombo has been […]

Education. Features. International Viewpoints. May 24, 2022

Safety in Shipping

By Editor

The sector continued its long-term positive safety trend in 2021 with 54 reported total losses compared with 65 a year earlier The sector continued its long-term […]

Features. International Viewpoints. May 23, 2022

Sea-Intelligence: We might end up with 13 million TEU of excess containers in 2023

By Editor

The impact of supply chain problems, which have existed for two years now, is very large, leading to a significant extension of transport time, both in […]

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