‘Awareness among container terminals crucial to achieving maritime hub status’

On Jul 5, 2021

Chairman of Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Capt. Nihal Keppetipola made a special inspection tour at the private sector controlled terminals South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT) and the Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) of the Port of Colombo on July 1. He also inspected the terminal operations of the SAGT and CICT.

The SLPA Chairman also held discussions with SAGTChief Executive Officer Romesh David and CICT Chief Executive Officer Jack Huang.

At these discussions, Chairman SLPA emphasized the importance of all the terminals of the Port of Colombo working together to sustain and develop its operational status and container volume market share in the South Asia region.

He expressed his confidence that despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, he would be able to continue to make the Port of Colombo one of the world’s leading container ports and gain the global confidence in the Port of Colombo towards moving ahead in making Sri Lanka the Maritime Hub in this region.

He further said that through the strong camaraderie between the terminals of the Port of Colombo, it would be possible to provide an efficient and productive service 24/7 to the port customers of the Port of Colombo.