Category: Shipping and Transport

The contentious Southern expressway’s troubles are still far from over, with the Rs.27 bn road ending up before the UN this week.The contentious Southern expressway’s troubles are still far from over, with the Rs. 27 bn road ending up before the UN this week. The ill-fated highway went before the United Nations Human Rights Commission […]

The Colombo port could start scanning its cargo for nuclear and radioactive content by end next year under the US Megaports initiative.The Colombo port could start scanning its cargo for nuclear and radioactive content by end next year under the US Megaports initiative. A visiting US team will end a third round of talks with […]

Sri Lanka may soon have to amend its European bilateral Air Service Agreements to allow for a Common Sky, as the EU starts to push the buttons to fall in line.Sri Lanka may soon have to amend its European bilateral Air Service Agreements to allow for a Common Sky, as the EU starts to push […]

The local railway is hoping to build its fleet by making trains at home but the plan hinges on a successful test run next year. The local railway is hoping to build its fleet by making trains at home but the plan hinges on a successful test run next year. Sri Lanka’s railway coupled up […]

Sri Lanka’s railway is badly in need of a lifeline, a big fat one in that, instead for years now its has been thrown a thread to hang on to. Sri Lanka’s railway is badly in need of a lifeline, a big fat one in that, instead for years now its has been thrown a […]

China has allowed SriLankan Airlines to operate four cargo services a week to Shanghai with immediate effect.China has allowed SriLankan Airlines to operate four cargo services a week to Shanghai with immediate effect. The deal which was inked late October, is in addition to rights to operate four weekly passenger services to Beijing and Shanghai […]

The Rail fares could be revised with flat zonal rates introduced to increase revenues and productivity in the ailing Railways Department.The Rail fares could be revised with flat zonal rates introduced to increase revenues and productivity in the ailing Railways Department. Railways Chief Priyal de Silva told Lanka Business Online that the Department was now […]

Picked up for less than a dollar, the region’s first budget carrier AirAsia, skirts around bilateral Air Service Agreements, as it expands no-frills in the region. Picked up for less than a dollar, the region’s first budget carrier AirAsia, skirts around bilateral Air Service Agreements, as it expands no-frills in the region. In that deal […]

All future civil aviation development will be on a much-needed sector master plan that is in the works, but re-hauling regional airports and private air traffic management may not be top priority.All future civil aviation development will be on a much-needed sector master plan that is in the works, but re-hauling regional airports and private […]

The State will step in to balance the Railway Department’s books this year and increase funds for railway operations next year, says the Transport Ministry. The State will step in to balance the Railway Department’s books this year and increase funds for railway operations next year, says the Transport Ministry. “The government has agreed to […]

The transport ministry will auction 100 school bus franchises in January, to operate a subsidised service for students in Colombo.The transport ministry will auction 100 school bus franchises in January, to operate a subsidised service for students in Colombo. The pilot project will test the waters for auctioning all route permits, under the Ministry’s long […]

The Civil Aviation Authority is pushing for the state greenlight to open up its air routes for a second local carrier, and draw up the ground rules for operation.The Civil Aviation Authority is pushing for the state greenlight to open up its air routes for a second local carrier, and draw up the ground rules […]