"Regulations are required to establish minimum standards for us to practice," he said.
"If we do the same old freight forwarding, we'll never make Sri Lanka a logistics hub."
The association, which represents all stakeholders in the freight forwarding trade, has now re-opened talks with the authorities on drafting a new set of regulations, called the Freight Forwarders Licensing Act.
With the freight forwarding business in the island now 30 years old, Kadawatharatchie said, the industry believes it is mature enough to require stringent rules to prevent deterioration of the quality of services provided.
The government plan to license freight f