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
The fragile balance of global trade has come under renewed strain as the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Arsenio Dominguez, issued a stark warning to the United Nations Security Council: the
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Forty years ago, a routine diving expedition off the remote Japanese island of Yonaguni turned into one of the most controversial archaeological debates in modern history. What diver Kihachiro Aratake discovered beneath
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The world’s top maritime authority has issued a stark warning over the worsening crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, declaring that no safe passage currently exists for vessels navigating the vital waterway.
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Sri Lanka is facing a new and potentially devastating crisis along its southern coastline after the sinking of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in early March 2026, an event that has sparked
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Tehran’s effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has left tens of thousands of mariners stranded on ships carrying millions of barrels of oil, navigating a war zone where drones, missiles, and
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The story of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in 1939 remains one of the most cited lessons in the law of neutrality. During her commerce-raiding mission in the South Atlantic
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by Durga Velayudham The Strait of Hormuz has once again emerged as the Rubicon in Donald Trump’s confrontation with Iran, a perilous threshold across which the contemporary superpower system appears increasingly inclined
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Following his participation in the “Transforming Transportation” Conference 2026.03, held on March 10–11 in Washington DC and organized by the World Bank team, Sri Lankan Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation Anura
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Operations at Sri Lanka’s key maritime hubs are under mounting pressure as shipping lines suspend services to the Gulf region amid the escalating conflict in West Asia, causing thousands of containers bound
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In the latest escalation of the crisis in the Middle East, Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. According to Science Direct, Sri Lanka imports nearly all of its oil and gas,
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