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CICT launches strategic collaborative partnership with University of Moratuwa

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Monday, 27 November 2023 12:40
Businesscafe - 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. ...
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CICT crowned Best Container Terminal of its capacity in Asia for 7th consecutive year

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Tuesday, 10 October 2023 16:19
Businesscafe - Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has been declared the Best Container Terminal in Asia in 2023 in the Under 4 million TEUs category, winning the coveted title for the seventh consecutive year. ...
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CICT attracts new service to Colombo, adds connectivity on USA route

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Wednesday, 17 May 2023 05:05
Businesscafe - 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. ...
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CICT wins CASA softball cricket championship 2023

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Friday, 17 February 2023 03:52
Businesscafe - 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. ...
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CICT in milestone initiative with CILT to enhance training in logistics & transport

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Friday, 09 December 2022 05:11
  Businesscafe - 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. ...
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CICT engineer invents potentially life-saving quick-release hook for use in mooring ships

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Friday, 21 October 2022 07:21
Businesscafe - 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. ...
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CMF and CICT fund Sri Lanka’s Wheelchair Tennis Programme with another US$ 35,000

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Friday, 16 September 2022 03:52
Businescafe - 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). ...
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CICT named Best Container Terminal of its capacity in Asia for 6th successive year

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Wednesday, 14 September 2022 04:09
Businesscafe - 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 full operations in mid-2014. ...
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CICT rewards its champions at South Asia’s first quay crane operators’ competition

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Wednesday, 07 September 2022 13:11
Businesscafe - 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 (CICT), winning the first competition of its kind in South Asia. ...
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CICT Ranked Among Top 15 Container Terminals Worldwide by the Container Port Performance Index 2021

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Monday, 06 June 2022 03:57
Businesscafe - The World Bank Group and S&P Global Market Intelligence have ranked the Port of Colombo as the No.1 Port in South Asia and Indian Subcontinent, for efficiency, in The Container Port Performance Index 2021. ...
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