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CICT, National Chamber of Exporters establish strategic partnership
3Jul By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
Business

CICT, National Chamber of Exporters establish strategic partnership

Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) the only South Asian terminal that provides a state of the art facility, equipped to handle the largest vessels afloat, has joined hands with the NCE, as the strategic partner of the Chamber. The agreement was signed for a period of 3 years from June 2018. NCE will engage in activities to create awareness about CICT and its services to Member Exporters of NCE. Also CICT will be sponsoring the 26th NCE Export Awards 2018, the flagship event of the Chamber. The NCE is the only private sector Chamber which exclusively serves Sri Lankan exporters and offers a range of services particularly to Member Exporters of export oriented enterprises, as well as the exporter community in general. The membership of the Chamber comprises export-orie...
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Colombo Port aims to handle 7 million containers this year
19Mar By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
Business

Colombo Port aims to handle 7 million containers this year

Colombo Port expects to handle 7.0 million containers in 2018, up 12.9 percent from the 6.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) handled in 2017 with joint marketing by three terminals, Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said. The minister said the Jaya Container Terminal of the state-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), South Asia Gateway Terminal of the John Keells Holdings and Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT) of China’s CM Ports have inked a deal to jointly promote the port.“Although the three terminals compete separately and individually, now they can work on a collaborative mission to operate vessels calling at the Port of Colombo,” Samarasinghe said. In 2017 Colombo’s container volumes including transshipment and domestic grew 8.3 percent to reach 6.2 mil...
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Significant increase in container handling operations at Colombo Port this year
20Feb By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
Business

Significant increase in container handling operations at Colombo Port this year

Transshipments at Colombo Port up by 20.4 percent in January Cargo handling capacity of the Port of Colombo has increased significantly showing continuous growth in the container handling operations since the fourth quarter of 2017, Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) said. According to SLPA, transshipment operations at the Port of Colombo have shown a significant increase in January this year against last year amid an increase in productivity. Accordingly against 362,451 transshipment TEU operations in January 2017, together with the JCT, SAGT and CICT, the Colombo Port has recorded 436,303 transshipment TEU operations for the month of January this year marking a competitive increase of 20.4 percent. Sri Lanka Ports Authority controlled Jaya Container Terminal (JCT) which recorde...
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Transshipments at Colombo Port up by 20.4-pct in January
19Feb By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
Business

Transshipments at Colombo Port up by 20.4-pct in January

Transshipment operations at the Port of Colombo have shown a significant increase in January this year against last year amid an increase in productivity, Sri Lanka Ports Authority said. Accordingly against 362,451 transshipment TEU operations in January 2017, together with the JCT, SAGT and CICT, the Colombo Port has recorded 436,303 transshipment TEU operations for the month of January this year marking a competitive increase of 20.4 percent. Sri Lanka Ports Authority controlled Jaya Container Terminal (JCT) which recorded 114,282 transshipment operations in January 2017, has recorded 164,252 Transshipment operations in January this year marking an increase of 43.7 percent. The container throughput at the Sri Lanka Ports Authority controlled terminals has also increased signific...
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