Express Travel
Nov 14, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will permit public transport to operate on the island’s first expressway after buses with safety features are …
Shipping and Transport
Express Path
Nov 14, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s first 96 kilometre expressway from the capital Colombo to Galle in the south of the island to be opened in …
Team Effort
Nov 14, 2011 (LBO) – Co-operation among countries with interests in the Indian Ocean is essential to effectively fight Somali piracy against merchant …
Toll Rate
Nov 07, 2011 (LBO) – The toll for cars using Sri Lanka’s first expressway, scheduled to be opened later this month, has been set at 400 rupees for …
Cargo Crisis
Nov 06, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan port authorities have agreed to long-standing demands of truckers to open more entrance gates, reduce security checks and …
Supply Link
Nov 04, 2011 (LBO) – Construction of transport infrastructure like ports and airports positions Sri Lanka to be a regional trade hub just like Dubai and …
Teaming Up
Nov 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan transport firms have formed a partnership with the local branch of a global professional body that will lobby the …
Wheels Wealth
Oct 31, 2011 (LBO) – A post-war economic boom and lower import taxes helped sharply increase September 2011 quarter profits at two Sri Lankan vehicle …
Central Express
Oct 28, 2011 (LBO) – Eight firms, including from Malaysia and Korea have expressed interest in building a highway to Sri Lanka’s central hill city …
Vehicle Trend
Oct 26, 2011 (LBO) – New vehicles registered in Sri Lanka rose 31 percent to 45,279 in August 2011 from a year earlier, though lower than a peak of …
Boat Order
Oct 18, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka based Solas Marine has wrapped up a three billion Indian rupee deal to supply 80 fast interceptor craft (FIC) to the …
Bus Bar
Oct 17, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s first expressway which is to be opened in November will be closed for passenger buses, highways minister Nirmala …
Port Billing
Oct 16, 2011 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka Ports Authority aims to have a long-delayed online billing system ready by January 2012 with the customs already ready …
Land Payment
Oct 13, 2011 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan state is getting ready to acquire land and pay compensation in the second phase of the project to build a large …
Cargo Call
Oct 06, 2011 (LBO) – Mediterranean Shipping Company has decided to extend by two years a deal with the Sri Lanka Ports Authority under which it calls at …
Look Out
Sept 29, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s navy is monitoring merchant shipping movements to guard against the threat of attacks by Somali pirates who have …
Domestic Credit
Sept 29, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will borrow around 500 million US dollars from local banks to pay domestic contractors who will pave national highways …
Vehicle Strategy
Sept 28, 2011 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan agency for South Korea’s KIA Motors is to set up three more service stations within the Colombo metropolitan …
Wheel Trend
Sept 23, 2011 (LBO) – Registrations of new vehicles in Sri Lanka dropped in July 2011 to 43,725 from a high of 48,157 a month earlier, while 12-month …
Box Terminal
Sept 22, 2011 (LBO) – A Sino-Lanka consortium that is to build a container terminal in Colombo’s new deep-water South Port has signed a deal with …