Sri Lanka offers special facilities to Bangladeshi vessels
Sri Lanka's state- owned Jaya Container Terminal at Colombo Port has offered priority berthing facilities to Bangladeshi vessels.
Chairman of Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Prasantha Jayamanna has recently announced it at a discussion in capital Colombo_ according to a message received July 1_ 2022.
SLPA Chairman briefed Bangladesh about the present facilities as well as ongoing and future expansion plan of Colombo Port which would increase their container handling capacity to 15 million TEUs once completed in 2025- 26.
Bangladesh High Commission has been pursuing this priority berthing issue with SLPA for long_ said the message from the mission.
Bangladesh High Commission to Sri Lanka organised a stakeholders' discussion forum in Colombo recently on enhancing shipping connectivity between Chattogram and Colombo ports pursuant to observance of the First Economic Diplomacy Week.
The purpose was to facilitate greater understanding of operational issues between Chattogram and Colombo ports and ensure greater connectivity and supply chain security and stronger partnership between the two sea ports.
The chairman of SLPA_ private terminal operators and Sri Lankan shipping community assured of giving continued priority to Bangladesh users_ according to Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo.
Referring to the recent negative media reporting on Colombo Port_ they clarified that that their Port's operation remains unaffected by the crisis situation in the country.
Representative of Chattogram Port Authority shared that Bangladesh's container traffic through Colombo Port increased significantly previous year.
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