Port of Colombo Ranked World’s Top Container Growth Port
Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo has been ranked the world’s top port with the highest container growth in the first half of 2018.
This was revealed by Sri lanka’s Ports and Shipping Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. According to the International rating agency Alphaliner, the Port of Colombo has recorded a 15.6 % growth in container handling for the first half of this year.
The port of Colombo beat a tough line up of top 30 ports across the world.”It is a very significant achievement as it is the first time in history the Port of Colombo has reached the top of a global maritime ranking.
With this growth, Port of Colombo has leaped ahead many other Asian ports,” the statement said.The Port of Colombo consists of the Jaya Container Terminal of the state-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority, South Asia Gateway Terminal of the John Keells Holdings and Colombo International Container Terminal of China’s CM Ports.
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Ports Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe has declared recently that the three terminals had inked a deal to jointly promote the port.With this deal, the waiting time for all container vessels at the Port of Colombo will be reduced by allowing vessels to be accommodated at the earliest available terminal.
