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Colombo International Maritime and Logistics Conference 2022 is scheduled to be held on 12 and 13 September at Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo.

It would be one of the major conferences that would be held in Sri Lanka, after the COVID pandemic. The previous events which were held in Colombo, Mumbai, and Dhaka, attracted global participation, and was supported by many international organisations and governments, where Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and former Indian Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the multiday conferences.

The 7th edition of the Colombo International Maritime & Logistics Conference will be held in Colombo from 27 to 29 November at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel. Whether you are a seasoned professional or a budding entrepreneur, the upcoming conference is your gateway to a world of knowledge acquisition and understanding along with exploring fresh prospects in the South Asian shipping and logistics markets, in comparison to the global trends. The organisers invite the industry to immerse themselves in an atmosphere where they can connect and network with industry leaders from around the world. Top international and local professionals will discuss innovation and collaboration at the conference and the future of shipping, ports, air and logistics industry developments and the competition trends in the region along with technology, will be the highlights among many other topics.

The first-ever Colombo International Logistics Conference is scheduled to be held on 1 and 2 August 2019 at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo and will feature 20 international speakers to discuss modern logistics trends, South Asia’s logistics market and the emerging role of Sri Lanka as a global logistics centre, said the main organiser of the event, Shippers' Academy Colombo CEO and Export Development Board (EDB) Logistics Advisory Committee Chairman, Rohan Masakorala, said yesterday.

The 7th edition of the Colombo International Maritime & Logistics Conference will be held in Colombo from 27 to 29 November at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel. Whether you are a seasoned professional or a budding entrepreneur, the upcoming conference is your gateway to a world of knowledge acquisition and understanding along with exploring fresh prospects in the South Asian shipping and logistics markets, in comparison to the global trends. The organisers invite the industry to immerse themselves in an atmosphere where they can connect and network with industry leaders from around the world. Top international and local professionals will discuss innovation and collaboration at the conference and the future of shipping, ports, air and logistics industry developments and the competition trends in the region along with technology, will be the highlights among many other topics.

  • Seventh edition official chambers are AmCham and AHK
  • 20 current and futuristic topics in a new competing environment

The Colombo International Maritime and Logistics Conference will bring shipping, ports and logistics industry experts to Colombo, to discuss the regional and global developments of each sector.

  • Opportunities in an emerging global logistics hub and a shipping centre
  • Understand South Asia’s logistics market beyond 2020
  • Understanding new technologies in logistics management

The logistics industry is reshaping and evolving its role to facilitate a new order of global trade, e-commerce and to reach out to the 21st century consumer with flexibility and speed, modernising the global supply chains. For this reason, strategic distribution hubs connected by air and sea and proximity to markets and transportation hubs makes a location suitable for international logistics to provide services at minimal costs.

The Colombo International Maritime and Logistics Conference is held in South Asia on a rotational basis among the maritime nations of the sub-continent. The focus of the conference is to bring in the shipping, ports and logistics industry to discuss the regional developments of each sector.

The first Colombo International Logistics Conference will be held on August 1 and 2 in Sri Lanka, focusing on promoting Sri Lanka as a new destination for international logistics and as a regional distribution centre beyond its shipping connectivity via its ports.