The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. Ravi Karunanayake)
A question was raised to the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation seeking detailed data on port terminal operations from 2015 to date, including ship arrivals, container volumes, operational profits, SLPA income and profits, and terminal efficiency measured by containers handled per hour. It also requested national figures for containers and general cargo handled from 2020 to 2024, projections for the next ten years, and Sri Lanka’s global ranking in container handling over the past five years, with reasons required if the information cannot be provided.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question No. 304/2024 to the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation: Terminals handled by Sri Lanka Ports Authority and private companies: Operations.
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House, separately— (i) the number of ships arrived at each terminal owned by SLPA and private companies from 2015 to date; (ii) the number of containers handled by each such terminal during the same period; (iii) the operational profit of each such terminal during the same period; (iv) the income and profit earned by the Authority for the same period; and (v) the efficiency of each terminal mentioned in (a)(i) by the number of containers handled per hour?
¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform, separately— (i) the total number of containers and general cargo (in tonnes) handled in Sri Lanka from 2020 to 2024; (ii) the projected number of containers and general cargo (in tonnes) for the next ten years; and (iii) Sri Lanka’s world ranking in container handling over the past five years?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. Ravi Karunanayake). 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 March 2025. No. 1743066559006904. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17895