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Colombo’s container facilities, experienced a dip of 12.6% to 1.71m teu. Operated by Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), the two terminals have been dogged by go-slows and strikes as well as the economic downturn. The John Keells-managed South Asia Gateway


Terminal (SAGT) recorded slight growth of 1.4% to 1.75m teu despite the recession. Industry sources suggest that carriers are happy to call at SAGT due to good service levels. In 2009, the transhipment volume of Colombo


dropped by 5.5% to 2.63m teu while imports and exports dipped by 8.3% and 6.8% to 373,533teu and 378,459teu respectively. March 2010 saw Colombo handle a record monthly


32 Colombo Throughput: 3,464,297teu


(-6.0%)


Volumes tumbled by 223,041teu at Sri Lanka’s largest port last year, representing a fall of 6% year-on-year. Colombo saw some carriers discontinue port calls due to the trading downturn. Jaye Container Terminal and Unity Container Terminal, which together own about two-thirds of


throughput of 360,801teu, up more than 21% on the 297,911teu lifted in the same period last year. According to SLPA, the result lifted its Q1 2010 box count to 993,166teu, up from 779,604teu in the same period last year. The port authority is now expecting a growth of well over 20% for the full year. At the SLPA-managed facilities, traffic grew by 15.7%


with the 178,808teu processed in March comparing with 154,527teu in the same month last year. SLPA has recently attracted several international


container lines and it is continuing with its expansion programme as it attempts to position Sri Lanka as a major regional hub.


33 Manila Throughput: 3,440,000teu


(+15.5%)


Manila climbed six places up the Top 100 league in 2009, growing by 462,394teu. This was in spite of Manila International Container Terminal’s (MICT) volumes, which make up 65% of the port’s business, falling by some 8% to 1,312,986teu. ICTSI-managed MICT is the Philippines’ largest box


terminal in terms of both volume and capacity, and the terminal received 2,009 vessels calls last year. New shipping line customers include Meico Shipping and Bengal Tiger Line. ICTSI is focusing on improving its efficiency and


customer service, while trying to contain costs to increase its operational advantage over the competition. The operator expects a strong domestic economic rebound this year and is optimistic that the forthcoming national elections will have a positive affect on the business sector. The company is, however, concerned about European economic problems and increasing electricity and fuel prices. MICT is developing a sixth berth as well as a new


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billing centre for port users, and it commissioned eight RTG cranes in 2009. Meanwhile, the port of Manila’s South Harbor Container


Terminal, which is operated by DP World-controlled Asian Terminals Inc (ATI), is expanding its fleet of container handling equipment with two Liebherr twin-lift ship-to- shore cranes. They will arrive early next year. Throughput capacity has been increased to 850,000teu. In 2008, ATI added automated exit gates with digital weigh bridges and is adding optical character recognition readers to cut the processing time for outbound cargo.


August 2010


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