Shifting container balance at Colombo

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

South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT) wants to hybridise six more RTG cranes as part of its decarbonisation efforts.

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.

Colombo operator South Asia Gateway Terminals has entered into a collaboration agreement with Aidrivers

The Washington (DC)-based US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is lending US$553M to Colombo West International Terminal Private Limited (CWITPL), the developers of a new deepsea container terminal in the port of Colombo, 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.