Colombo International Container Terminals Archives

November 23, 2023

Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has entered into a milestone collaboration agreement with the University of Moratuwa (UoM), creating a broad framework for a closer strategic alignment of academia and the logistics and engineering industries. A Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two entities outlines the parameters of a partnership that will […]

May 17, 2023

Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has announced the maiden call of a new service to the Port of Colombo that will connect Sri Lanka with the East Coast of the United States via Asia, strengthening another important trade route for exporters and importers and making Sri Lanka more accessible to global markets. […]

February 21, 2023

Theory was brought to vivid life when Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) recently hosted a group of students to a visit to the South Terminal of the Port of Colombo to see the port’s showpiece terminal in operation. The visit, organised in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) […]

February 17, 2023

Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) won the 2023 six-a-side softball cricket tournament organised by the Ceylon Association of Shipping Agents (CASA) beating Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) in the final on Sunday 12th February. Batting first, the CICT team led by Captain Anju Jayashantha scored an impressive 108 for no loss and […]

December 9, 2022

Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has announced a milestone collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) to provide job-based training opportunities for young people aspiring to careers in logistics and transport. A Memorandum of Understanding ratified by the two organisations paves the way for CILT to be the liaison […]

October 21, 2022

Sri Lankan engineering ingenuity at Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has given the maritime world a potentially life-saving innovation that eliminates the risks run while mooring large ships. A hydraulically-operated quick-release hook invented by CICT’s Senior Engineer Charith de Silva enables a fork lift operator towing a mooring rope that can weigh […]

September 16, 2022

Wheelchair Tennis, a sport that has created Paralympians of the calibre of Suresh Ranjan Dharmasena for Sri Lanka, has received a further commitment of support from the China Merchants Foundation (CMF) and Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) with a donation of US$ 35,000 (Rs 12.9 million at current exchange rates). The donation […]

September 14, 2022

Outperforms terminals in China and the Philippines to win prestigious AFLAS award in Under 4 million TEUs category Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has been crowned the Best Container Terminal in Asia in the Under 4 million TEUs category for the sixth consecutive year, in just seven full years since it commenced […]

September 7, 2022

Presents 39 awards and cash prizes worth Rs 2.45 million after competition covering speed, accuracy, efficiency, and safety Six years after he began operating a Mega Gantry Quay Crane at the South Terminal of the Port of Colombo, Chathuranga Pushpakumara was adjudged the champion quay crane operator at Colombo International Container Terminals […]

December 21, 2021

Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) is ending 2021 on a high note, celebrating its milestone 10th anniversary in Sri Lanka on 22nd December and reaching the milestone of 3 million teus within a year for the first time. The company said its throughput for the full year is expected to reach approximately […]

CICT launches strategic collaborative partnership with University of Moratuwa

CICT attracts new service to Colombo, adds connectivity on USA route

CICT hosts university students to a day at Colombo Port’s South Terminal

CICT wins CASA softball cricket championship 2023

CICT in milestone initiative with CILT to enhance training in logistics & transport

CICT engineer invents potentially life-saving quick-release hook for use in mooring ships

CMF and CICT fund Sri Lanka’s Wheelchair Tennis Programme with another US$ 35,000

CICT named Best Container Terminal of its capacity in Asia for 6th successive year

CICT rewards its champions at South Asia’s first quay crane operators’ competition

CICT celebrates 10th anniversary, projects record 3.1 million teus in 2021