Transshipment containers via Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port on the rise

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THE Colombo Port in Sri Lanka is receiving an increasing number of transshipment containers as major shipping lines are rerouting their ships following the recent attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, reports Xinhua quoting local media. Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) chairman Keith D Bernard was quoted saying that many container ships are now taking the longer route around Africa instead of going to the Suez Canal via the Red Sea, and these ships pass the Colombo Port. He said the...

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