Colombo port handles 2 million TEUs for first time
The port of Colombo surpassed 2 million TEUs in throughput for the first time in a calendar year, reaching this figure in the first 11 months of 2004.
The Sri Lankan port recorded container throughput of 2.03 million TEUs by November 2004, up 13.4 percent over the same period in 2003.
The port of Colombo expects to close this year with a throughput of 2.2 million TEUs.
Colombo port handles 2 million TEUs for first time