Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited is set to acquire a controlling stake in Colombo Dockyard PLC for $53 million, marking its ...

Salvage experts have failed to tow a fire-stricken container ship carrying chemicals out to sea and it has started to sink off Sri Lanka’s main port, raising fears of a marine environmental disaster ...

Sri Lanka on Thursday readied for the possibility of an oil spill after a cargo ship laden with chemicals sank off its western coast. The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl, carrying 1,486 ...

Moving forward, Sri Lanka must reconsider its approach to marine research, recognizing the importance of collaboration with foreign partners and the potential benefits that such ventures can bring.

Oil tanker 'Sunny Bay' carrying 15,000 metric tons of Marine Gas Oil (MGO), called at the Hambantota International Port (HIP), the firs Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

Fears of further ecological disaster Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) warned the X-Press Pearl could create an oil spill emergency.

Sri Lanka faces an unprecedented pollution crisis as waves of plastic waste from a burning container ship hit the coast and threaten to devastate the local environment, a top environment official ...

It was on its way to Singapore from the port of Hazira in India, via Colombo, when the fire broke out. The company now faces criminal charges under Sri Lanka's Marine Pollution Prevention Act of ...

China Merchants Port Holdings has made a $584 million payment as part of a $1.12 billion deal to operate Sri Lanka's deep sea Hambantota port, a state-run agency said on Wednesday. Under the deal ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Salvage experts failed to tow a fire-stricken container ship carrying chemicals out to sea and it started to sink Wednesday off Sri Lanka's main port, ...

Last year, India raised concerns over a Sri Lanka port call in Hambantota by Chinese research vessel Yuan Wang 5, which specialises in spacecraft tracking and which New Delhi described as a spy ship.

Following a proposal from Sri Lanka, the United Nations declared March 1 as World Seagrass Day, recognizing their importance and creating awareness of this much-overlooked marine habitat. A recent ...