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Sri Lanka finalises $1.12 bn port deal with China

The funny thing is the agreement was signed in the 29th of July. The same day the Indo-Lanka accord was signed, SL was forced to sign it after India intervened in the first war against LTTE saving the LTTE leadership after they were cornered by the militray
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Poomalai
Officially the agreement is about rights of Tamil and allowing Indian peacekeepers to Sri Lanka(Who then masscered Tamils in several towns and Jaffna's Biggest hospital)
However the agreement was a show of force and the real reason was to force SL to not allow Lankan ports to be used against India as shown in the letters sent by Indian PM to SL President on the same day,
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/shrilanka/document/papers/indo_srilanks_agreement.htm

Now China is running a port in SL and building the OBOR on the same day that India made SL promise that it will not allow SL ports be used against India
Seems like a hidden message, well LTTE is out, and you should know how China assisted you. I hope China can renegotiate those loan and manage those assets, Rajapaksa really screwed it up badly. Hambantota is very strategic and commercially viable. Colombo is already a well managed port. Sorry to say this but SL needs to improve on commercial management. Profitability is most important in peace time.
 
China is adding the size of the entire indian GDP to its economy every year.
What are you smoking ? Indian GDP IN 2017 is $2400 billion... Are you saying that china grew by 25% last year??... Wake up from your dream..
 
Seems like a hidden message, well LTTE is out, and you should know how China assisted you. I hope China can renegotiate those loan and manage those assets, Rajapaksa really screwed it up badly. Hambantota is very strategic and commercially viable. Colombo is already a well managed port. Sorry to say this but SL needs to improve on commercial management. Profitability is most important in peace time.
Sri Lanka was never good at managing commerical assets. Rajapaksa did get the CICT right, there were initital concerns about a foreign company running a port terminal as previously only the Ports Authority and local companies operated terminals.
It's first full year of operation was 2015 and it handled 1.5 Million TEUs and in 2016 it handled more than 2 Million TEUs

CICT surpasses 2million TEU milestone
Published inDevelopment - Provincial

Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has reported a throughput of two million TEUs for the 12 months ending 31 December 2016, achieving impressive YoY growth of 28% in volume.

This new volume has enabled the Port of Colombo to register overall incremental growth in the three consecutive years since CICT came into operation, the company said.

Announcing the milestone achievement, CICT said ULCCs (Ultra Large Container Carriers) and VLCCs (Very large Container Carriers), many of a size that only the Colombo South Terminal is capable of handling, had contributed 70% to the volumes it achieved in 2016.

The incremental volume handled by CICT was one of the contributors to the overall throughput of the Port of Colombo growing by an estimated 11% in 2016, the company said. CICT is the first and currently the only deep water terminal in South Asia equipped with facilities to handle the largest vessels afloat.

“The overall growth achieved by the Port of Colombo bears out the rationale for CICT’s successful operation,” CICT CEO Mr. Ray Ren said. “We are delighted with the new business CICT has attracted to the Port of Colombo in 2016, and proud of our contribution to the overall growth achieved by the Port.”

CICT General Manager – Commercial and Marketing Mr. TissaWickramasinghe added: “It must be emphasised that this historic achievement of two million teus was made possible mainly by the synergies developed through our parent company China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPH).

The ability to access the CMPH global network was the key factor in gaining and attracting new transhipment volumes to the Port of Colombo. With the introduction of new services and new shipping lines, CICT has set the trend for the Port of Colombo to stave off international competition for the highly sensitive and volatile transhipment cargo, in a depleted global shipping market.”

In 2015, its first full year of operation, CICT 2015 handled 1.561 million teus, with the ULCC and VLCC segments making a 67% contribution to this volume. The benefit of these mega carriers calling at the port cascades down to the other terminals and reinforces Colombo’s status as a major transhipment hub.

Over the past two years, CICT has brought some of the largest vessels plying the Asia-Europe routes to Colombo. Of these, MSC Maya at 19,224 TEU the world’s largest container vessel, the MV Mogens Maersk (18,300 TEU), MSC New York (16,652 TEU), CMA CGM Marco Polo (16,020 TEU), YML YM Wondrous, Edith Maersk and EMC Thalassa Hellas (each 14,000 plus TEUs) and their sister vessels are now regular callers at CICT.

Besides its significant contributions to the growth of the Port of Colombo in volume terms, CICT is also responsible for several firsts in service innovation and eco-friendly operations. In early 2016, the company launched a $ 10 million programme to convert its fleet of diesel operated rubber-tyred-gantry cranes to electricity driven rubber-tyred gantry cranes (E-RTGs) which have zero carbon emissions.

CICT was also the first terminal in the Port of Colombo to introduce electronic boat notes, breaking new ground in efforts to reduce paper in export documentation, as well as the first to launch a mobile app for the purpose of keeping track of containerised cargo at the terminal.

The concluded year also saw CICT winning the prestigious ‘Highly Commended’ award in the ‘Port Operator’ category at Lloyd’s List Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Awards, and being cited as one of the factors in its parent company – China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPH) – being adjudged Port Operator of the Year at the Lloyd’s List 2016 Global Awards.

https://www.news.lk/news/business/item/15790-cict-surpasses-2million-teu-milestone
 
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Can anyone explain how will Srilanka will benefit with this port deal..? What happened to the 8billion Chinese loan?
 
Can anyone explain how will Srilanka will benefit with this port deal..? What happened to the 8billion Chinese loan?

Nothing will happen regarding the Chinese loan. The money earned through this deal will be spent on covering the recurring costs of the government. The loans will not be settled. The whole deal was a sham. It was done to hurt Mahinda Rajapaksha's initiative in creating this harbor. The current leaders of Sri Lanka wants to put MR in bad limelight. They have to convince people that the venture was a loss making endeavor in order keep up with their election propaganda.
 

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