Vehicles are seen at the Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka, March 28, 2024. Located in the south of Sri Lanka, the Hambantota Port is one of the signature projects of Belt and Road cooperation between China and Sri Lanka. (Xinhua/Xu Qin) Staff members work at the Hambantota Port in Sri Lank...
Sri Lanka Monday launched a China-funded port which will be the island's biggest and is intended to make Colombo a strategic shipping hub along the world's most lucrative trading route.
The Colombo Port City in Sri Lanka, a key project of China-Sri Lanka Belt and Road cooperation, is listed by Forbes magazine as one of the "Five New Cities to Shake Up the Future." PricewaterhouseCoopers estimated that the project would bring $9.7 billion in foreign direct investment to ...
"The Hambantota Port will add to Sri Lanka's concept of transforming into a hub in the Indian Ocean." The Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative, proposed by China in 2013, aims to build trade and infrastructure networks connecting Asia with Europe and Africa ...
MSC Chinawill next make stops at major ports in Asia and Europe, including the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia, Colombo Port in Sri Lanka, Felixstowe Port in the United Kingdom, Bremen Port in Germany, and Rotterdam Port in the Netherlands....
“China got Sri Lanka to cough up a port,” said the New York Times in a widely quoted article published on June 25, 2018.The article claimed, “Every time Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa turned to his Chinese allies for loans and assistance wit
Hambantota Port is also unloading raw material for another cement factory in Mirijawila where materials are transported by a covered conveyor. The Port is run by Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) which is a joint venture between China’s CMPorts group and state-run Sri Lanka Ports Aut...
The construction funds for the Sri Lanka Colombo Port ECT Phase-II Civil works have been implemented, and the project has been qualified for bidding for low-voltage cables and other materials, and is now open for bidding. This public tender adopts the bidding method of online bidding in the ...
Vehicles transshipped from Sri Lanka's China-run Hambantota Port has grown 63 percent in the first four months of 2021 to 193,690 units from 118,872 units last year, driven by cars made in India and Korea.
China, Sri Lanka, and the Maritime Great GameKeith Johnson