M.V. Ever Libra of Evergreen calls at SLPA
Evergreen Line's latest addition to its fleet M.V. Ever Libra on her
maiden voyage to Europe from Asia, called at the Jaya Container Terminal
(JCT) of Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) recently. The Ship 334 m in
length and 8542 TEUs in capacity, discharged and loaded local and
transshipment containers.
Capt. Lee Sheu-Pei, Master of M.V. Ever Libra is seen
presenting a memento to Dr.
P.B.Wickrema - Chairman of Sri Lanka Ports Authority 9SLPA),
D.W. Attapattu , Director (Logistics) of SLPA, Major Gen.
Sanath Karunaratne, Director (Security) of SLPA Upali Zoysa,
Chief Manager (Container Operations), Upul Jayatissa, Chief
Manager (Marketing and Busines Development) of SLPA, I.K.
Gnanathilaka, Manager (Operations) of SLPA, Capt. Athula
Hewavithrane, Senior Deputy Harbour Master of SLPA , Capt.
Y.S. Wang, Evergreen Owner's Rep, Capt. Gamini Nanayakkara,
MD of GreenLanka and Capt. A.V. Rajendra, Group Executive
Director, Kanishka Jayasinghe, Director, -Marketing of
Greenlanka are also in the picture. Pix. By D.K. Welikala -
SLP |
To mark this occasion, the Master of M.V. Ever Libra Capt. Lee
Seu-Pei, on behalf of Evergreen Line, presented a memento to Dr. Priyath
Bandu Wickrema, the Chairman of Sri Lank Ports Authority.
Evergreen made an announcement in year 2011, that it would upgrade
and expand its fleet by 100 more modern, eco-friendly and larger
capacity ships.
Evergreen's volume throughput in Colombo is expected to increase by
25% in year 2012 as against the volume handled in 2011.
D.W. Attapattu, Director ( Logistics) of SLPA, Major Gen. Sanath
Karunaratne, Director (Security) of SLPA Upali Zoysa, Chief Manager
(Container Operations), Upul Jayatissa, Chief Manager (Marketing and
Busines Development) of SLPA, I.K. Gnanathilaka, Manager (Operations) of
SLPA, Capt.
Athula Hewavithrane, Senior Deputy Harbour Master of SLPA, Mahinda
Wimalasena/Group Director, Finance, Ajantha Samarakoon/DGM-Ops of
Greenlanka, Senior Managers of GLK and representatives from leading
exporters community also participated in this occasion. |