Galle Location

Sri Lanka is geographically at a competitive advantage being located in the mid-way point in the Indian Ocean and just outside the main shipping routes. This natural location has attracted many >>. Ship owners/ operators to call Sri Lanka from the early years of the Shipping trade - from the Arab traders who crossed the seas from West to East following the now famous Silk Route to the modern day mega Container operators.

Having realized the potential, we at Mercantile Shipping Agencies Limited are offering an OFF PORT LIMITS Launch service / Ship Supply Service based from the Port of Galle (southern port of Sri Lanka ). Galle incidentally is located close to DONDRA HEAD which is a well known land mark to seasoned Sea farers. The traffic separation scheme for vessels crossing the Indian Ocean lies a few miles south of Galle .