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The port of Columbus has established the own new record of semiannual traffic of the container
Agreement between the harbour authority and the terminalisti in order to attract more marine services
July 23, 2018
In the first six months of the 2018 cingalese port of Columbus it has established the own new semiannual record of containerized trade having had enlivened 2.733.906 teu, with an increment of +19.8% regarding 2.281.636 teu in the first half last year.
While Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has undersigned a memorandum of understanding with the terminalisti of the port of Columbus to the aim to collaborate operatingly and to promote the development of the harbour port of call. Explaining that the terminals of the port are in competition between they, but to the competition collaboration forms, the president of the SLPA, Parakrama Disssanayake can be associated also, have emphasized that "in the segment of Asia-Europe traffic there are 17 spins, of which only three climb to Columbus. Therefore - it has found - we have evidently of the challenges to face in order to do so as of being able together to attract in the port of Columbus a greater number of spins. This means that, in order to defend the port of Columbus, we must go beyond the approach of part in promoting our terminals".
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In the first six months of the 2018 cingalese port of Columbus it has established the own new semiannual record of containerized trade having had enlivened 2.733.906 teu, with an increment of +19.8% regarding 2.281.636 teu in the first half last year.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
