shipping Archives

January 3, 2023

While the topic of shipping liberalization has generally been the subject of frequent and heated debate in 2022, key stakeholders across Sri Lanka’s logistics and export sectors have become increasingly unified in their call for urgent liberalization of the island’s shipping industry, with shipping and freight forwarding agencies being the most immediate […]

September 9, 2022

In a bold move to further improve the standards of the maritime and shipping industry in Sri Lanka,Sri Lanka Associationof NVOCC Agents (SLANA)has signed a key initiative signifiesthe two organisations’ commitment toworking towards advancing the future of the industry by creating a younger, more inclusive, and collaborative professional atmosphere that allows young […]

June 13, 2022

Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, Nimal Siripala De Silva visited the Hambantota International Port (HIP) over the weekend. The minister met top port officials, Johnson Liu, CEO of Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG), CEO (CICT), Jack Huang, CFO Raymond Mu, COO, Tissa Wickramasinghe and CEO of Hambantota International Port Services […]

January 17, 2020

Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has announced it handled a total of 2.9 million teus in 2019, achieving an 8.6 per cent increase in its throughput and accounting for 40 per cent of the volume of the Port of Colombo in the 12 months ending 31st December 2019. The Company, which manages the Colombo South […]

Adapt or perish: shipping liberalization reforms essential to export-led economic recovery

Increasing the Role of the Youthin Sri Lanka’s Maritime and Shipping Industry – SLANASigns MoU with YoungShip Sri Lanka

Ports Minister Visits Hambantota International Port

CICT ends 2019 with 2.9 mn. teus, 40% of Colombo Port’s volume