Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has continued its winning streak on the global stage by winning the award for the ‘Best Container Terminal in Asia’ in the Under 4 million TEUs category for a record fifth consecutive year.
The winner of this prestigious award was announced on Thursday 21st October at the 2021 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) awards gala at the New World Millennium Hotel in Hong Kong.
CICT, which is managed by China Merchants Port Group (CMPort), beat three other shortlisted finalists in its category – Dalian International Container Terminal (China), Jakarta International Container Terminal (Indonesia) and Laem Chabang International Terminal (Thailand) – to win the AFLAS award.
Hosted by Asia Cargo News, the AFLAS awards are designed to honour leading service providers including air and shipping lines; airports and seaports; and logistics, 3PLs and other associated industry professionals for demonstrating leadership as well as consistency in service quality, innovation, customer-relationship management and reliability.
More than 40 different awards were presented to leading companies in the cargo, logistics and supply chain sectors at the 2021 edition of the AFLAS awards.
The AFLAS winners are decided by going through a three-step process, considering industry opinions, and through nomination criteria and technical evaluation by Asia Cargo News. The shortlist of finalists is sent out to more than 15,000 readers to vote.
CICT manages the South Terminal of the Port of Colombo, the first
deep-water terminal in South Asia, which is equipped with facilities to handle
the largest vessels afloat. Since its inception in 2014, the terminal has
incrementally grown the volume it has handled; from 686,639 teus in 2014, to
1.56 million teus in 2015, 2 million teus in 2016, 2.
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38 million teus in 2017,
2.67 million teus in 2018, 2.9 million teus in 2019 and 2.89 million teus in
2020.