Small Sri Lanka harbours big maritime ambitions

highlighted the risks involved in the island nation's ambitions to become one of the world's busiest maritime transport hubs.

Colombo, four days by ship from Singapore and four and a half to Dubai, is the only port between those two places deep enough to handle ships with more than 18,000 containers.Colombo, halfway between Singapore and Dubai, is the only port between those two places deep enough to handle ships with more than 18,000 containers. Colombo Port now hopes to double its annual handling capacity of 7.2 million containers in four years.

Since 2014, Colombo Port has been home to a US$500-million Chinese-run deep sea terminal. To pacify New Delhi, Sri Lanka this year allowed India to build another new terminal right next door. After Sri Lanka failed to service its debts to build the port, Hambantota has since 2017 been leased to China, alarming Western countries as well as India.

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