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Started the work for the construction of the first container terminal of the new harbour area of Columbus
It will become operating at the beginning of 2014
December 16, 2011
Today the president Sri Lankan, Mahinda Rajapaksa, have officially inaugurated the work of construction of the first container terminal of the new harbour area Southern Harbour di Columbus ( on 23 September and 14 November 2011). The new Colombo South Container Terminal system will be first of three terminals (with the possibility to construct of to a quarter) everyone with docks for 1,200 linear meters and depth of the backdrop of -18 meters (dragabile until -23 meters) and everyone in a position to enlivening 2,4 million container per year teu.
The first phase of the first terminal, that it previews the construction of a dock of 600 linear meters, will be completed at the beginning of 2014 and the project will be finished in November 2016. Colombo South Container Terminal will be managed by the consortium Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) participated with 55% from the Chinese Lowers Merchants Holdings (International) Co. (CMHI), with 30% from the group Sinhalese Aitken Spence and with 15% from the Sri Chain plate Port Authority (SLPA).
"The ability to traffic of the container - the vice minister to the Ports has declared, Rohitha Abeygunawardena - will remarkablly increase with the realization of the new container terminal. Currently the handling ability anniversary of the container of the port of Columbus is of 4,5 million. In the 2010 port of Columbus it has enlivened 4,1 million container. The containerized trade ability must be increased in order to satisfy the waited for increment of the question".
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Today the president Sri Lankan, Mahinda Rajapaksa, have officially inaugurated the work of construction of the first container terminal of the new harbour area Southern Harbour di Columbus 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
