Asia & Pacific

Sri Lanka Selects Chinese Firm to Develop New Container Port

Google LogoMark Us Preferred on Google
Sri Lanka Selects Chinese Firm to Develop New Container Port
A Chinese laborer works at a construction site on reclaimed land, part of a Chinese-funded project for Port City, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 24, 2020. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
Isabel van Brugen
|Updated:

Sri Lanka has selected a Chinese firm to construct the second phase of the Colombo Port’s East Container Terminal (ECT), a move that’s likely to alarm other Asian powers, given Beijing’s maritime Silk Road ambitions.

In a Cabinet decision on Nov. 23, Beijing-based China Harbour Engineering Co. (CHEC) was approved by Colombo to develop the strategic port terminal.

Google LogoMark Us Preferred on Google
Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
Reporter
Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
twitter
Related Topics