Operations at Colombo Port's ECT resumes after five years

COLOMBO (News1st): Operations at the Colombo Port's East Container Terminal (ECT) resumed after five years on Tuesday, port officials said. "Only 40 percent of the total construction of the ECT was completed. We hope to make the maximum out of what has been completed," Daya Ratnayake, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority chairman said. A cargo vessel from the Mediterranean Shipping Company, reached the East Container Terminal today to inaugurate operations. The cargo vessel, with a Liberian flag, was transporting goods from South Africa to China