Two Chinese companies have been awarded contracts to improve facilities at the Jaya Container Terminal of the Colombo port.
Minister of Ports and Shipping Mahinda Samarasinghe submitted a proposal to the cabinet to award the contract to the China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd., to expand the deep water anchorage capacity at the terminal.
Meanwhile, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries, which is another Chinese company, was awarded the contract to purchase three cranes to be used at the Jaya Container Terminal.
Minister Samarasinghe said that the cabinet approved a proposal to award the contract of purchasing three new cranes using the funds of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, valued at LKR 25.7 million on the recommendation of cabinet appointed procurement committee.
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