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Greek master cops $65,000 fine over New Diamond blaze
The Greek master of the badly burnt VLCC was fined $65,000 at Colombo’s High Court yesterday. The captain, Sterio Ilias,…
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Northshore Campus: How Sri Lanka can be a maritime training hub
Earlier this year Nalaka Jayakody was appointed vice chancellor and CEO at Northshore International Campus, a prestigious higher education institute…
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Burnt New Diamond leaves Sri Lanka and heads to the UAE
Sri Lanka has allowed the burnt VLCC to leave the country and head to the Khorfakkan in the United Arab…
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Fire ravaged New Diamond VLCC set to discharge cargo at Kandla port
The burnt VLCC will discharge its cargo at an offshore oil terminal at Kandla Port Trust rather than its intended…
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Sri Lanka to prosecute captain of burnt VLCC
Sri Lanka will seek at least RS340m ($1.9m) from the owner of the stricken VLCC for assistance given to the…
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Burnt New Diamond VLCC patched up
The hole in one of the bunker compartments of the burnt out VLCC has been plugged, a deballasting operation concluded,…
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Salvors struggle to patch bunker leak on stricken VLCC off Sri Lanka
Salvors are still trying to patch a leak in one of the bunker compartments of the burnt VLCC. The New…
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Bunker spill detected from burnt VLCC off Sri Lanka
Adam Polemis’s New Shipping and his recently selected P&I Club are facing a sizeable bill for the ongoing operation to…
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Fire reignites on laden VLCC off Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan authorities have spent the last 20 hours fighting to contain a reignited fire on the laden Panamanian-flagged VLCC…
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New Diamond VLCC blaze extinguished
The fire onboard New Shipping’s VLCC off Sri Lanka’s eastern waters was finally extinguished, nearly 79 hours after the incident…
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Blazing fully laden VLCC towed away from Sri Lankan coastline
Naval ships and airplanes from India, Sri Lanka and Russia continue to douse the blaze on the fully laden VLCC…
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Crew evacuates laden VLCC off Sri Lanka as fire erupts
The crew of the laden Panamanian-flagged VLCC have evacuated into life rafts off Sri Lanka after a fire in the…
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Misje Rederi orders up to 10 eco bulk carriers at Colombo Dockyard
Misje Eco Bulk, a unit of Norwegian owner Misje Rederi, has placed an order at Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard for…
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Is Hambantota an unwitting pawn in the new political order?
It was recently announced by China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPH) that it was transferring 23.5% of its 85% shareholding of…
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China Merchants brings in strategic investor for Hambantota Port
China Merchants Port Holdings has entered into an agreement with Fujian Transportation Maritime Silk Road Investment and Management (Fujian TMSR),…
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Sri Lanka unveils new port plan at Colombo
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has announced that it has signed a deal with AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK…
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Sri Lanka latest nation to push back from China’s Belt Road embrace
Another country is trying to push back from the embrace of China’s Belt Road Initiative (BRI). Citing national interest, Sri…
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Where Sri Lanka fits in China’s BRI plans
There has been much reporting around the standoff between the US and China at the recent APEC summit in Papua…
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Call to revive Sri Lanka’s flagship carrier
A call has been made for Sri Lanka’s flagship carrier to move more wholeheartedly back into the container business. The…
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Sri Lanka to liberalise shipping sector
The Sri Lankan government is looking to mirror Singapore in liberalising its freight transport sector in a bid to become…
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