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| Saturday, 10 January 2004 |
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SAGT unloads largest under gantry 'Heavy Lifts' by Sudarshana Perera South Asia Gateway Terminals Pvt Ltd (SAGT) in a move to show Sri Lanka's expertise in shipping industry handled their largest under gantry "heavy lift" at its terminal in Colombo Port this week. The two heavy-lifts unloaded were two boilers each weighing over 54 tones. SCI-GAURAV of the Shipping Corporation of India on the ISE service berthed with the two heavy cargo. "This successful operation shows that Sri Lanka's shipping industry is fully geared to face any challenge in handling loading and unloading of cargo and if we did not unload two boilers, the consignee had to dismantle and bring them to Sri Lanka," said General Manager - Marketing and Commercial South Asia Gateway Terminals Tissa Wickramasinghe. "We were able to unload these two heavy lifts successfully using a quay-gantry-crane that had the required capacity to lift this cargo. This achievement is a boost for the country's shipping industry and we will update our terminal with all international standards to face global competition," Wickramasinghe said. "Although the ISE service is a scheduled caller at the government managed JCT, in the true spirit of cooperation and in the interest of the Port of Colombo, SAGT handled this operation," he said. "Since quay cranes installed at SAGT has the necessary capacity, the Shipping Line SCI obtained prior confirmation before loading the cargo from Felexstove in the UK," he said. He said that the terminal pre-planned the whole operation well ahead of the arrival of the vessel by carrying out a load test for the required weight with a test load and the discharging operation was then carried out meticulously and professionally by the SAGT personnel. "We also focused on safety standards in this operation," he said. South Asia Gateway Terminals is strategically located on the main East-West shipping route in the Port of Colombo, managed by P & O Ports, the company provides fast, reliable and efficient shipping services to the South Asia region. With access to vast resources in international terminal management expertise and state-of-the-art technology, SAGT is also geared to meeting the requirements of modern commercial shipping, as the "Hub of Tomorrow's World". The company's e-Port Internet Information Exchange service provides a quick and convenient method of access to real-time information on containers and vessels at SAGT. SAGT is owned by a consortium of local and global industry leaders in shipping, commerce and finance. It is comprised of John Keells Holdings, Sri Lanka's premier blue chip conglomerate, which holds a 26.25% equity in the project. Their partners include P & O Ports and P & O Nedlloyd, which hold 16.25% and 10% equity respectively. Other stakeholders include Evergreen Marine Corporation of Taiwan, The Asian Development Bank, The Commonwealth Development Corporation of the UK, International Finance Corporation and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. |
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