Sri Lanka
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Asia
US commits $553m to develop Sri Lankan terminal
On the island of Sri Lanka, strategically located along one of the most important global trade arteries, the world’s top…
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Containers
Last remnants of the X-Press Pearl ready to depart Sri Lankan waters
Nearly 21 months after it sank following a huge fire, the last remnants of the wreck of the containership are…
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Environment
MSC reroutes ships further south of Sri Lanka to protect blue whales
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is urging its peers to follow its lead and alter their routes when transiting near Sri…
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Containers
General average declared on burnt ZIM Charleston
General average has been declared on the 8,586 teu , with Splash sourcing the first public image of the burnt…
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Containers
ZIM confirms blaze on ship off Colombo
Officials at Israeli carrier ZIM have confirmed that a fire ripped through the 8,586 teu 11 days ago in the…
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Containers
Hundreds of boxes damaged in latest containership blaze off Colombo
Reports have emerged of another sizeable fire onboard a boxship. Insurance firm WK Webster carries news of a fire on…
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Renewables
Edda Wind scraps CSOV orders in Sri Lanka
Norwegian offshore wind service company Edda Wind has agreed with Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka to terminate the construction and…
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Ports and Logistics
Sri Lankan ports operating normally despite political turmoil
Amid the worst political and economic turmoil in the country’s history, port operations around the island of Sri Lanka are…
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Ports and Logistics
Pedal power: Colombo dockworkers issued with bicycles as fuel shortages cripple local economy
The dire economic situation in Sri Lanka has seen port workers at the island’s main port of Colombo issued with…
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Asia
Safesea turns its attention to Ceylon Shipping Corporation
While watching its bid to privatise Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) go through countless layers of red tape in New…
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Asia
Desperate Sri Lanka makes dollar plea to shipping lines
Sri Lanka’s worst financial crisis since independence in 1948 is seeing the authorities do everything possible to get US dollars…
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Containers
X-Press Pearl report calls for plastic pellets to be classified as hazardous substances
Risks associated with the transport of chemicals and plastics in containerships need to be addressed, say the authors of the…
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Operations
Four X-Press Pearl crew finally allowed home
X-Press Feeders, the owner of the burnt out wreck , have reported that a further four former crew members of…
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Containers
X-Press Pearl salvage operation to get underway
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship , has signed a contract with Shanghai Salvage Company (SCC)for the removal of…
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Regulatory
Pressure grows on IMO to reclassify plastic pellets as hazardous substances in wake of X-Press Pearl disaster
Among a long list of topics for debate at next week’s 77th gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC)…
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Dry Cargo
Chinese fertiliser shipment kicks up a stink in Sri Lanka
The crew of the Marshall Islands-flagged handy bulk carrier find themselves at the centre of an Asian diplomatic spat, drifting…
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Containers
MMA Offshore MPSV to support X-Press Pearl salvage operations
Australian OSV operator and services provider has been engaged by Resolve Marine to assist with salvage operations of the wrecked…
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Ports and Logistics
China and India square off at Colombo Port
Asian rivals China and India are now squaring off in Sri Lanka. Yesterday saw Indian conglomerate Adani sign a $700m…
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Containers
X-Press Feeders makes initial $3.6m payment over Sri Lankan sinking
X-Press Feeders, operators of the burnt containership , through the vessel owner’s P&I insurers, have made an initial payment of…
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Operations
X-Press Pearl captain arrested
The Russian master of the fire-ravaged 2,700 teu was arrested yesterday and granted bail later in the day. Sri Lanka…
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