04th January 2010, www.dailymirror.lk
Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) said yesterday a number of steps have been taken to expand the operations of oil tankers at the Colombo Port.
The New North Pier developed as a multipurpose berth to handle oil tankers launched its first handling of such operations on Wednesday with the vessel MT Heaven.
SLPA said these new measures were according to the instructions by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and under supervision of Minister of Ports and Aviation Chamal Rajapaksa, Minister of Port Development Dilan Perera, Chairman of SLPA Dr. Priyath Bandu Wickrama and Jaya Container Terminals, which acts as a 100% share holder of SLPA.
A new oil pump pipe line system has been constructed with all affiliated facilities from the New North Pier up to the South Jetty for oil transportation. With this latest project all extra berthing facilities will be provided for the oil tankers reaching Colombo for bunkering purposes.
The new process will further elevate the oil transportation, in a more efficient and productive manner, from Colombo Port to the oil storage tanks of the Colombo oil Banks managed by the Jaya Container Terminals.
It is a specialty that all constructions of the project are planned and carried out by the engineers and the staff of SLPA. It is expected to boost the flow of foreign exchange to Sri Lanka through a competitive bunkering service at Colombo Port following the completion of the whole project.
Currently, steps have also been taken to construct two new oil storage tanks at the Colombo oil bank premises to boost the capacity in order to improve the bunkering facilities at Colombo Port. The projects will further assist the developments at the Colombo Port as a maritime and logistics hub in the entire region.
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