 "Colombo harbour expanded for bigger ships")
[caption id=“attachment_1010543” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  The port was opened by Mahinda Rajapaksa: Reuters[/caption] Sri Lanka has opened an expanded port that in Colombo lets bigger ships now enter the capital’s harbor. The project formally opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday comes as the Indian Ocean nation tries to make itself a strategically important economic center. The expansion was funded with $300 million loaned by the Asian Development Bank and $100 million provided by two government agencies. The port was deepened from 18 meters to 23 meters (75 feet). It has a 6.8-kilometer (4.2-mile) breakwater and 285 hectares of harbor basin. The latest generation of mega-vessels with a capacity of 18,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) can now sail into the harbor. Associated Press
The project formally opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday comes as the Indian Ocean nation tries to make itself a strategically important economic center.
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