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The fresh push to commercialize the state-owned facility comes after a previous attempt to manage the airport failed.
"Once the recommendation from this committee is done, then we'll go for a EOI or RFP"
The port currently houses “more than 50,000 vehicles (both transhipment and local imports)
The 70 ton Bollard Pull (BP) Twin Azimuth Stern Drive type port tugs are for the Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
Delegation met with Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chair Laura DiBella and the commission’s legal team.
Development plan was discussed during a pre-budget meeting
The 8th edition of the Colombo International Maritime and Logistics Conference (CIMC) scheduled to take place Sep 9-11
"This money will come out of the general treasury," minister Nalinda Jayatissa told reporters.
The port handled 90,219 vehicles and 80,325 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) during the month
The project faced previous setbacks
Ali is in Sri Lanka to participate in the 6th Pakistan-Sri Lanka Armed Forces Defence Dialogue
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Three times a week direct service the only non-stop link
Will work with the International Finance Corporation, the transaction advisor for the carrier's divestiture
A second runway was in Sri Lanka's BIA expansion plan 20 years ago.
Sri Lankan delegates toured the Port of Baltimore during the U.S. visit
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