Damitha Silva Assistance Vice President - Digital Financial Services (NDB), Randima Krishnaratne Country Sales Manager (Maersk), Nilkamal Perera Country Operations Manager (Maersk), Dimantha Seneviratne, Director/Group CEO (NDB), Siddharth Iyer Country Manager (Maersk), Sujani Kumarasinghe Head of Finance (Maersk), Indika Ranaweera Vice President SME, Middle Markets and Business Banking (NDB), Sanjaya Perera Senior Vice President Personal Banking and Branch Network Management (NDB), Indika Kudagamage Assistant Vice President - Business Banking, SME, Micro Finance and Liabilities (NDB)
NDB recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Maersk under NDB’s novel “Jayagamu Sri Lanka” initiative as a means to support exporters and to benefit exporters with services and expertise in the shipping sector.
Expressing his views, NDB Bank’s Vice President of SME, Middle Markets and Business Banking Indika Ranaweera said, “Developing the SME sector in Sri Lanka by providing tailor-made solutions has always been an important aspect of the NDB Jayagamu Sri Lanka initiative.”
“With a reach of 343 ports globally in 120 countries, Maersk is able to connect Sri Lanka to the world and offer their solutions in inland transport, customs and regulatory clearance, warehousing, consolidation and distribution globally to NDB exporters,” Ranaweera added.
Maersk will also assist with the NDB Exporters Network by connecting Sri Lankan exporters with relevant global buyers, providing contact details, providing Sri Lankan exporters with knowledge on the regulations of different countries and different product standards required.
Additionally, Maersk will provide training on making business pitches, logistic services, pick up from customer facilities, consolidation when required, warehousing in Sri Lanka and if required at destination, container storage solutions, customs and regulatory clearance, placing of booking, handling of freight- ocean, full container load, loose container load, and air freight and inland transportation in Sri Lanka and destination.In terms of network connections and training Maersk would be Free of Charge in the view of partnering the development of Sri Lankan economy.
The Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) contribute to almost half of Sri Lanka’s economy and provide employment to more than 52% workforce. The SMEs are thus an important part of the ecosystem and it is imperative that they get access to the right infrastructure to grow. Twill, a digital logistics solution from Maersk, offers its customers door-to-door logistics solutions over land as well as sea. Twill gives access to its customers to getting quotes with transparent pricing, easy online booking, greater control of shipments through tracking services, simplified digital documentation, access to the wide and solid network of Maersk and a proactive 24/7 customer care. Twill will make global trade less complex, faster, cost-effective and accessible for SMEs out of Sri Lanka by offering them a digital, end-to-end logistics solution.
To further assist the SMEs with the complexity of managing their supply chains, Maersk is also launching Maersk Flow - a digital platform which provides customers and their partners with everything they need to take control of their supply chain, from factory to market.
Siddharth Iyer, Country Manager Maersk Sri Lanka, said, “The entrepreneurial potential of the SMEs in Sri Lanka could contribute strongly to the country’s economic growth. We want to provide them with access to international trade by eliminating the complexity in supply chains and making international markets accessible to them.”
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