ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s China-backed Hambantota Port said its container handling volumes went up 705 percent to 428,036 twenty foot equivalent units in 2025, and it was planning to boost capacity to two million TEUs. Hambantota International Port Group, a joint venture between Sri Lanka Port Authority and China’s CM Ports group broke into the container business in 2023 handling only 44 boxes and installed more equipment last year to boost capacity to a million TEUs. “Scheduled for completion by the end of 2026, the second phase will increase the port’s annual container handling capacity to approximately 2 million TEUs”…
Sri Lanka’s China-backed Hambantota Port eyes 2mn box capacity after 700-pct growth
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