The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is investing $553 million into the construction of the Colombo West International Terminal (CWIT), a 3.5 million teu facility on the port's western breakwater.
The tanker stocks are benefiting from the action in product trades as the winter season looms driving demand.
A steel-cutting ceremony has taken place at RMK Marine’s Tuzla shipyard in Turkey for the Neoliner Armateur, the world’s first sailing ro-ro.