Adani Ports SEZ gets foothold in Sri Lanka

The SLPA Fire Brigade successfully extinguished a fire on the MSC Capetown III at Colombo Port, with all crew safely evacuated.

Many liners avoid Middle Eastern ports East of Suez and opt for the Cape of Good Hope route to unload or load Middle Eastern cargo in Sri Lanka.

Ranked as the most efficient port in South Asia in 2021, the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka maintains it is still operating at a high level despite Sri Lanka’s economic crisis.

Despite the crisis unfolding in Sri Lanka executives at the Port of Colombo says its facilities are operating normally.

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa officiated at a ceremony to mark the start of work on Phase II of the East Container Terminal (ECT) at Colombo this month

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and its various terminal operating companies are investing heavily to bring new container handling capacity on stream, and to improve the efficiency with which cargo is moved.