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, …
Shipping and Transport
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Vehicle Trend
Feb 25, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s vehicle registrations fell 1.5 percent to 27,827 in January 2014 from a year earlier, with used hybrid cars up and …
Mass Transit
Feb 21, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is likely to opt for a 1.3 billion US dollar monorail mass transit system with Japanese finance to cut traffic congestion …
Bridge Plan
Feb 20, 2014 (LBO) – Japan will fund a 35 billion yen (343mn US dollar) bridge connecting Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo with an expressway network, …
Maritime Reconnaissance
SYDNEY, February 15, 2014 (AFP) – Australia plans to buy seven giant unmanned drones for Aus$3 billion (US$2.7 billion), potentially to help patrol its …
Giant Vessel
SEOUL, January 20, 2014 (AFP) – South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries said Monday it had started construction on a Chinese order for the …
First Call
Jan 16, 2014 (LBO) – MV OEL Emirates, the latest vessel in Dubai-based Orient Express Lines had made its maiden call at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port. …
Transit Point
COLOMBO, December 17, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka has recorded a sharp rise in drug busts, suggesting the island is becoming a transhipment hub for heroin in …
State Ships
COLOMBO, December 17, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka will revive its defunct state-run shipping company by introducing two new cargo vessels bought from China, …
Vehicle Trend
Dec 11, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s motor vehicle registrations were flat in November 2013 at 27,424 units, barely changed from 27,082 a year earlier …
Commissioned
Dec 09, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hemas group said it had commissioned an inland container terminal that can store and service 3,000 twenty foot …