China Merchant Holdings International (CMHI) subsidiary Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) put the new terminal into trial operation mode with the arrival of the first ship to dock there ...

COLOMBO, May 24 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is in advanced talks with India and Japan to construct a container terminal at the port in Colombo, next to a Chinese terminal built as part of Beijing's Belt and ...

The newly-opened $500 million Chinese-built Colombo terminal is situated about mid-way on the important East/West shipping route and is claimed to have facilities on a par with Singapore and Dubai.

COLOMBO (AFP) – A $500 million Chinese-built port opens Monday in Sri Lanka, giving Beijing a vital foothold on the world's busiest international shipping lane as it seeks to secure maritime supply ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Japanese Embassy said Wednesday it regrets a decision by Sri Lanka's government to scrap a deal to develop a port terminal with Japan and India after weeks of protests by ...

COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka Monday launched a China-funded port which will be the island's biggest and is intended to make Colombo a strategic shipping hub along the world's most lucrative trading route ...

COLOMBO, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT), which is a joint venture operated by China and Sri Lanka at the Colombo South Terminal in the Port of Colombo, said ...

Records 7.4% decline amid disruptions caused by COVID-19 second wave Transshipments in first 11 months down 2.3%YoY to 5.17mn TEUs Overall container handling declines 4.5% to 6.29 TEUs The ...

The Port of Colombo’s transshipment volumes recorded a 5.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) decline in April 2025, reaching 495,456 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), marking the fourth consecutive month ...

Sri Lankan riot police last Wednesday attacked a protest march of about 1,000 Colombo port workers opposed to the government’s plan to privatise the East Terminal of Colombo harbour. The police ...

COLOMBO, Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s government said Tuesday it will allow India and Japan to develop a new container terminal at the country’s main port, several weeks after scrapping a ...