The Boat Show and Boating Festival 2018 organized by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board and the Boat Building Technology Improvement Institute Lanka Limited commenced at the Yacht Marina of the Port of Galle on 26th October.

The Sri Lanka Navy Inter Command Sailing Tournament 2018 was held in the alluring waters in front of the Commander Shanthi Bahar Memorial Sailing Club in Trincomalee on 25th and 26th October 2018.

Two new houses constructed under the ‘Api Wenuwen Api’ project and the ‘Weera Sebala Foundation’ of the Ministry of Defence bestowed upon a sailor who died while performing naval duties and another differently abled naval war hero at Upuldeniya in Galenbindunuwewa and Pamunawatta, Kolonna in Rathnapura on 25th October 2018.

Sri Lanka Navy granted interest free loans worth Rs. 500,000 each to another hundred (100) senior sailors in a ceremony presided over by the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at his office in the Naval Headquarters today (26th October).

A team of Sri Lanka Navy Firefighters rendered assistance to completely douse a fire broke out at a shipping container, filled with Aluminium Phosphide, at the Jaya Container Terminal, Colombo harbour yesterday (23rd October).

Another group of high-ranking naval officers and officials of maritime agencies who attended the recently concluded the Galle Dialogue International Maritime Conference - 2018, met with the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe and held bilateral discussions yesterday (23rd October).

The Galle Dialogue International Maritime Conference 2018, organized by the Sri Lanka Navy under the auspices of the Ministry of Defence, brought down the curtains on its 9th edition at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo yesterday (23rd October).

Sri Lanka Navy assisted to apprehend 29 persons engaged in illegal acts at various locations in the island during the past few days. These suspects were held for engaging in illegal fishing.

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended five (05) Indian fishermen who were poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters, along with their trawler, yesterday (22nd October).

The Galle Dialogue International Maritime Conference 2018 organized by the Sri Lanka Navy for the 9th consecutive year, under the aegis of the Ministry of Defence, commenced at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo yesterday (22nd October).