Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is in talks with international shipping lines on new services through Colombo port despite the global downturn in trade which has reduced cargo volumes, Plus News Pakistan reported.
SLPA chairman Priyath Wickrama said there were signs cargo volumes were picking up as the global economy recovers from recession.
A new computer terminal management system that replaced an aging system has helped increase vessel productivity and win new services for the Jaya Container Terminal (JCT), the SLPA-run main transhipment facility in Colombo.
Growth in cargo volumes in future would have to be handled by the state-run JCT with the privatised South Asia Gateway Terminals, across the harbour basin, having reached saturation.
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