Hayleys Advantis turns 50

Hayleys Advantis, the corporate brand that unites companies in the Hayleys Group's transportation and logistics businesses celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

From its beginnings in 1958 as the Steamer Agency Department of Hayleys Limited, six years after the parent group was incorporated under that name. Hayleys Advantis has evolved into a Rs. 3.5 billion group of over 30 business units that has a strategic presence in the United States, Europe, the Far East, the Indian Sub continent and the Pacific Islands, owns ships and provides seamless integrated logistics solutions that cover air, land and sea.

The Hayleys Advantis Group's multi-faceted businesses have grown to become the Sri Lankan leaders in third party logistics including container yards and multi-user warehousing and distribution centres, bonded consolidation and deconsolidation, transportation and haulage; the island's largest freight forwarding group; a supply-chain management solutions provider of global significance; a leading General Sales Agent for airlines and cargo carriers; the largest car-carrier handling agent in the Port of Colombo and representative of the world's largest air express freight company.