News / Ambitious Sri Lanka wants to become a global maritime and logistics centre

Sri Lanka logistics concept illustration. National flag of Sri Lanka from the back of globe, airplane, truck and cargo container ship

13/11/2019

Sri Lanka has ambitions to move up from being a south Asia transhipment hub to a global maritime and logistics centre on a par with Dubai and Singapore.

“Geographically, what a lot of people don’t understand, is Sri Lanka has immense advantages,” said Rohan Masakorala, chief executive of Shippers’ Academy Colombo.

“We’re in the middle of the Indian Ocean, with these two hubs almost equally either side: Sri Lanka is four days’ sailing to/from Singapore and 4.5 days to/from Dubai, and by ...