“We’ve had the Port Security Facility Assessment done, ” says security manager Denis Murphy. “It will be a month before TRANSEC come back with their written report.” Murphy then has two months to put together a Port Security Facility Plan which will include all the berths on the river.
As part of the US CSI programme, Colombo port is to invest $20-$30m in acquiring a series of x-ray and gamma scanning machines, with five to be purchased initially. More than half of the country’s exports are sent to the US and every box sent there now needs to be scanned. The port is seeking a private operator to undertake this task.
