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Undersigned the contract for the realization of the South Container Terminal in the port of Columbus
The work will be started on 1° December
November 14, 2011
Last week to Columbus the representatives of Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), Lower Holding Merchants (International) Co. (CMHI), Aitken Spence and of their joint venture Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) have undersigned the contract of the Built type, Operated and Transfer (BOT) for the realization of the South Container Terminal in the port Sinhalese ( on 23 September 2011).
The work will be started the next 1° December and the first 600 linear meters of dock will become operating at the beginning of 2014. The entire project will be completed in 2016 when the terminal will reach a annual ability to traffic of 2,4 million teu.
Altogether the SLPA has in program a plan of potenziamento of the port of Columbus to put into effect in three phases, ognuna of the ability pairs to 2,4 million teu, in order to elevate the total ability to the port from current 4,5 million to 13,0 million teu. The first phase of Colombo South Harbour previews the realization of three terminals with docks for beyond 1.200 linear meters everyone with depth of the backdrop of -18 meters (dragabile to -23 meters): the South Container Terminal will be realized on the base of the which signed contract slid friday, while the terminals East and West will be constructed in next phases.
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Last week to Columbus the representatives of Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), Lower Holding Merchants (International) Co. (CMHI), Aitken Spence and of their joint venture Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) have undersigned the contract of the Built type, Operated and Transfer (BOT) for the realization of the South Container Terminal in the port Sinhalese 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
