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East Container Terminal of port of Colombo, Srilanka © Prabath Darshana

Container lines are facing severe capacity problems at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port, as they reshuffle calls in the wake of the worsening maritime security situation in West Asia.

A recent terminal change by Maersk amplifies that concern: the Danish carrier hosted a call at Colombo’s East Container Terminal (ECT) for the first time, previously always using APMT’s South Asia Gateway Terminal and/or the newer Colombo International facility managed by China Merchants Port Holdings.

The shift came despite the low productivity rates and ...

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