The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) successfully averted a potential disaster after a fire broke out on a containership berthed at Jaya Container Terminal (JCT) at the Port of Colombo….
https://gcaptain.com/major-containership-fire-averted-in-sri-lanka/
Swift and coordinated action successfully averted a potential disaster yesterday following a fire that broke out aboard the 2,826 teu MSC CapeTown III which was berthed at Jaya Container Terminal (JCT) at the port of Colombo. The 18-year-old vessel was discharging 995 teu and loading 880 teu at the...
https://splash247.com/fire-on-msc-ship-berthed-in-sri-lanka/
Colombo Dockyard has handled its longest vessels to date, with the docking of the sister shipsSCI Chennaiand SCI Mumbai for the Shipping Corporation of India. The 262m long ships only just fit into the shipyard’s largest dry dock, which is 263m long, and their docking drew heavily on the planning expertise of the Colombo Dockyard Ship Repair team.
According to the yard, the docking of two sister vessels presented significant challenges due to their size. Colombo Dockyard conducted detailed...
https://www.themaritimestandard.com/colombo-dockyard-repairs-longest-vessels/
Impressive work by salvors and US engineers has restored full access to the Port of Baltimore, with the ill-fated containership Dali safely extracted from the wreckage of the bridge and alongside in the port she had left on March 26. By every standard, it has been a spectacular operation, which few...
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) recently issued a statement condemning UAE-based towage company Middle East Marine for what it claims are “systematic abuse and neglect of over 100 seafarers.” The ITF said it is calling on the UAE government and the Palau maritime authorities...
The greatest maritime security problem currently facing the world is the campaign of attacks on merchant shipping in the Red Sea and its environs by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The campaign is adding costs and is delaying too many ships’ voyages, as they now often have taken a much longer route around...
by John Konrad (gCaptain) In the Red Sea, Operation Prosperity Guardian (OPG) is witnessing a gradual increase in naval strength. Led by the United States, OPG warships from different nations…
https://gcaptain.com/allied-warships-trickle-into-red-sea-coalition/
The US Government’s development finance organisation, the Development Finance Corporation (DFC), has announced that it will be funding the deepwater Colombo West International Terminal (CWIT), which is being developed by a consortium made up of India’s largest port operator Adani Ports and SEZ; Sri Lanka based John Keells Holdings (JKH); and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. The infrastructure development loan sum involved is reported to be over US$ 550 million.
DFC Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
https://www.themaritimestandard.com/us-finance-institution-to-fund-sri-lanka-port-project/
Sri Lanka Shipping Company, a subsidiary of Advantis Group, and Damen Shipyards have signed a contract for the delivery of two new ASD Tug 2312 tugboats. This is the first time that the two organisations have done business together, and the vessels are already being built at Damen’s Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam.
The vessels will be delivered in mid-2024 and will join the company’s existing three anchor handling tugs and harbour tugs and will represent a significant increase in capability. They...
https://www.themaritimestandard.com/sri-lanka-shipping-company-orders-two-damen-tugs/
The US government, through the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), has committed more than US$553 million to support the development of a deepwater shipping container terminal in the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka. The financing in the form of private sector loans is being provided...