U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Laura DiBella and FMC Commissioner Robert J. Harvey will visit Sri Lanka from September 6–10, in a move aimed at advancing U.S.-Sri Lanka cooperation on maritime
Around one-fifth of the world’s oil consumption passes through the Strait of Hormuz, making it the most strategically important maritime chokepoint on the planet. For decades, its significance has rested on a
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) is in discussions to acquire a significant stake in Hambantota International Port in Sri Lanka as part of a broader strategy to expand
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The transformative phase of politics in Kerala shifting away from ideological paradigms surged with the announcement by the state BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday that Thiruvananthapuram would be home to one of
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The latest confrontation between the United States and Iran has drawn global attention to a critical weakness in international trade: the dependence of the world economy on a small number of maritime
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Fiji, the Philippines and Sri Lanka are expanding the use of drones and other unmanned technologies as Indo-Pacific countries seek more cost-effective ways to improve maritime security, surveillance capabilities and emergency response
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For years, Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port was the textbook example of what Western politicians called Chinese “debt-trap diplomacy” – the claim that Beijing lures poor countries into unpayable loans and then seizes
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor “Is Sri Lanka trying to join a trade agreement, or a new economic system?” and “In a world of fragmented supply chains and regional blocs, what does
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According to local media in Colombo, the ambitious plan to establish South Asia’s largest commercial and logistics complex within the Port of Colombo has been officially cancelled, marking a significant reversal in
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The “Colombo Maritime Dialogue” convened yesterday (13 May) in Peliyagoda, bringing together diplomats, policy experts, and maritime scholars from across Asia to discuss evolving security and development dynamics in the Indian Ocean
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Iran has announced the creation of the “Persian Gulf Strait Authority,” a new regulatory body designed to oversee maritime passage through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical shipping
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