Port Pursuit
Dec 14, 2011 (LBO) - An Indian conglomerate is keen to acquire a stake in ports in Sri Lanka given its location and growth potential, an investment advisor …
Shipping and Transport
Highway Access
Dec 14, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has got Asian Development Bank aid to upgrade six access roads linking the newly opened southern expressway with the rest of the …
Fast Berth
Dec 08, 2011 (LBO) - State-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is building a 125 million US dollar berth in an expanded harbor in Colombo to fill a capacity …
Fast Travel
Dec 08, 2011 (LBO) - About 5,000 vehicles are using Sri Lanka's first expressway, the southern expressway, each day on average, Ranjith Pemasiri, the chairman …
Port Traffic
Dec 07, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's road development agency is to build a flyover at the main entrance to Colombo port to ease traffic congestion caused by …
Proposals
Dec 04, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Ports Authority will invite more port related industries at Hambantota in the island's south this month, after a first round …
Rock Row
Nov 30, 2011 (LBO) - Chinese contractors building a new port in southern Sri Lanka have finished blasting and clearing a rock blocking the entrance channel …
Express Travel
Nov 27, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has opened the country's first expressway running from the capital Colombo to the city of Galle, …
Expressway Expertise
Nov 24, 2011 (LBO) - Japan will provide funding for an electronic toll collection 'touch-and-go' card system on Sri Lanka's first expressway that is to be …
Shipping Cycle
Nov 18, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard said September 2011 quarter net profit fell 43 percent to 455 million rupees from a year ago as revenue from …
Safety Questions
Nov 18, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's first expressway has serious flaws that make 100 kilometres an hour travel unsafe, an organisation of transport professionals …
Cargo Lift
Nov 18, 2011 (LBO) - Container terminals at Colombo port run by state-owned Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) have received a second batch of new cranes to …
Rail Link
Nov 18, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has signed a deal with India to restore part of a northern railway line that was damaged during the ethnic war under project …
Tar Imports
Nov 17, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has allowed the state Road Development Agency to directly import bitumen for road building in addition to buying from state-run …
Highway Hopes
Nov 17, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's first high-speed expressway that is to be opened this month lacks adequate roadside space to park vehicles during emergency …
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 November 27, cost …
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 ships …
Port Deal
Nov 14, 2011 (LBO) - Agreements to start building the first container terminal by Aitken Spence and China Merchants Holding (International) in a new deep water …
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 imported, deputy …
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 the full …