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Sri Lanka's CICT becomes major hub to world's biggest containership
SRI LANKA's Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT) recently docked Mediterranean Shipping Company's 19,224-TEU MSC Maya, the biggest ship ever to call at Colombo.
The Panama-flagged ship, part of the Swan service would now be a regular caller in the rotation that included Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Suez, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tianjin, Xingang, Quingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Algeciras and Felixstowe.
MSC is expected to add six more similar vessels to Colombo in the near future under Swan service. "There will be six more similar class ships to call Colombo in near future under the same service," said MSC regional director Shamal Perera.
CICT chief executive Ray Ren said the arrival of the MSC Maya in Colombo is a perfect example for the rationale for a deep water terminal of the scale of CICT.
"It was precisely to attract such Ultra Large Container Carriers (ULCC) that CICT fast-tracked the completion of the terminal, enabling it to commence operations 32 months ahead of schedule," Mr Ren said. "We are now seeing the results of that achievement."
CICT closed 2015 with a notable 1.5 million TEU, with the ULCC and Very Large Container Carrier (VLCC) segments making a 67 per cent contribution to that volume.
The company is a member of China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited, the world's second largest global terminal operator by throughput.
The Panama-flagged ship, part of the Swan service would now be a regular caller in the rotation that included Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Suez, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tianjin, Xingang, Quingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Algeciras and Felixstowe.
MSC is expected to add six more similar vessels to Colombo in the near future under Swan service. "There will be six more similar class ships to call Colombo in near future under the same service," said MSC regional director Shamal Perera.
CICT chief executive Ray Ren said the arrival of the MSC Maya in Colombo is a perfect example for the rationale for a deep water terminal of the scale of CICT.
"It was precisely to attract such Ultra Large Container Carriers (ULCC) that CICT fast-tracked the completion of the terminal, enabling it to commence operations 32 months ahead of schedule," Mr Ren said. "We are now seeing the results of that achievement."
CICT closed 2015 with a notable 1.5 million TEU, with the ULCC and Very Large Container Carrier (VLCC) segments making a 67 per cent contribution to that volume.
The company is a member of China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited, the world's second largest global terminal operator by throughput.
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