SLPA Chairman meets German Minister

More collaboration between Hamburg, Colombo:

A German delegation headed by Germany, Hamburg City, Economic Affairs and Labour State Minister (Senator) Ian Kiru Karan visited Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) recently and had discussions with SLPA Chairman Dr Priyath B Wickrama, on extending assistance and support regarding working in closer coordination in port activities. The Senator expressed strong faith to bring more collaboration to thorough port related activities between Hamburg and Colombo.

Ian Kiru Karan, born in 1939, in Point Pedro in Sri Lanka currently holds British and German nationality. At present, he bears the memberships in the Board of the Hamburg Port Authority, Board of the Hamburg Football Association, Board of the Society for Promotion of the Cardiac Centre of the University Hospital and also is the Board of the Society for the Promotion of the Hamburg School of Business Administration Chairman. He is a highly active philanthropist in the field of arts, music, sports and youth projects in the city of Hamburg.

Following the discussions with SLPA Chairman Dr Priyath B Wickrama, Karan also made an exclusive inspection visit at the rapidly growing Colombo Port Expansion Project. The constructions of the breakwater of the CPEP is on schedule and is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Following the terminal building thereafter, it will be operational by early 2013.