Container Depot
May 19, 2014 (LBO) – Logistics International Limited, a unit of Sri Lanka’s Hayleys group said its container depot had been automated and …
Shipping and Transport
Heavy Seas
May 15, 2014 (LBO) – Profits at Colombo Dockyard Plc, a unit of Onominchi Japan’s Onomichi Dockyard said profits fell 61 percent in from a year …
Logistics Hub
May 09, 2014 (LBO) – Japan based Sagawa logistics group has bought a 30 percent stake in Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Holdings Plc and official said with …
Logistics Hub
May 8, 2014 (LBO) – Expo Global Distribution Centre (EGDC) a logistic firm set up under Sri Lanka’s free port regulation aimed at boosting entrepot …
Shipping Biz
May 7, 2014 (LBO) – Bangladesh can slash shipping times to to Europe, US and Canada East Coast, the Middle and Africa by transshipping from Colombo, Sri …
Budget Boom
SEPANG, May 2, 2014 (AFP) – Malaysia on Friday officially opened a new airport built specifically for the fast-growing budget-travel sector, but with the …
Port Office
Apr 27, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has been invited to set up a trade office at strategic Chinese-run Gwadar port in Pakistan after a delegation from …
Sri Lanka vehicle registrations up 4-pct in March, commercial vehicles weak
Apr 22, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s vehicle registrations rose 4 percent to 26,921 in March 2014 from a year earlier picking up from lull in February …
Vehicle Trend
Apr 22, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s vehicle registrations rose 4 percent to 26,921 in March 2014 from a year earlier picking up from lull in February …
Tax Charge
Apr 21, 2014 (LBO) – A 10 percent transfer tax will be imposed when a vehicle bought on a duty-slashed permit given to Sri Lanka state workers are …
Transport Losses
Apr 10, 2014 (LBO) – State-run Sri Lanka Transport Board has lost 3.5 billion rupees in 2013 slightly down from 3.8 billion rupees a year earlier, …
Cruise Call
Apr 08, 2014 (LBO) – Luxury liner MS Amadea made its maiden call at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port with 479 passengers and visited tourist hotspots in …
Southern Port
Apr 05, 2014 (LBO) – Vehicle transshipments through Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port in the South of the country has picked up with over 200 …
Mass Transit
Apr 03, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s transport ministry has responded to our story ‘ Sri Lanka to build US$ 1.3bn monorail with Japan finance …
Capital Access
Apr 03, 2014 (LBO) – A high tech 45 billion rupee bridge will clear a traffic bottleneck to Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo and minimize its impact on …
Vehicle Trend
Mar 17, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s vehicle registrations have dropped to 23,130 units in February 2014, the lowest since April 2010, with a sharp …
Rail Deal
Mar 09, 2014 (LBO) – A 600 million US dollar contract to extend a rail track from Beliatta to Kataragama in Sri Lanka’s South has been awarded to …
Reclaiming Controversy
Mar 09, 2014 (LBO) – State-run Sri Lanka Port Authority has responded to criticism over the award of an unsolicited sea reclamation project to a Chinese …
Car Parade
Mar 06, 2014 (LBO) – A British car day will be held on March 16, with classic cars and motorbikes dating back from the 1930s to be on parade in Sri …
Trucking Slowdown
Feb 26, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s large truck and tractor new registrations have continued to fall in January 2014 amid weak economic conditions, an …