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Fuel shipments scheduled to arrive in July-August

Fuel shipments are scheduled to arrive in the country in July and August, the Ministry of Power and Energy said today. Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation is scheduled to receive a stock of diesel from the United Arab Emirates-based Coral Energy on 8-9 July and from the Singapore company Vitol from 11-14 July. He also said that the CPC is to receive a stock of petrol from Indian Oil (IOC) on 22-23 July. The CPC is also scheduled to receive crude oil and fur

03 Jul, 2022

Indians poaching in Sri Lankan waters arrested

The Navy has arrested 12 Indians poaching in Sri Lankan waters in the Northern seas. The Navy said that a special operation was launched to chase away Indians poaching in Sri Lankan waters this evening. Indian fishing trawlers had been detected poaching in the Northern seas this evening, the Navy media unit said. The Navy said that one trawler was subsequently detained inside Sri Lankan waters. According to the Navy, 12 Indians who were on the boat were arrested. The Indians are being broug

03 Jul, 2022

Special port facilities offered to Bangladeshi vessels in Colombo

Sri Lanka’s state-owned Jaya Container Terminal at Colombo Port has offered priority berthing facilities to Bangladeshi feeder vessels. Chairman of Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Prasantha Jayamanna has recently announced it at a discussion in Colombo, according to a message received today (July 1, 2022). He briefed Bangladesh about the present facilities as well as ongoing and future expansion plan of Colombo Port which would increase their container handling capacity to 15 million TEUs onc

02 Jul, 2022