Following the recent visit by Minister of Ports and Shipping Mahinda Samarasinghe to the Port of Trincomalee, a meeting was convened at Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) to discuss the development of the Port of Trincomalee parallel to the present implementation plan for the development of the Trincomalee district.
Discussions included initiatives such as development of land and its protection as well as the optimum use of land resources in Trincomalee. The Chairman of SLPA, Dr. Parakrama Dissanayake outlined the plans to develop the Port of Trincomalee for enhancing the economic development of the eastern region and the country.
Attention was also driven at the discussions towards the overall development of the Port of Trincomalee to enable a boom of regional industries, facilitating industrialists in the region as well as to upgrade all maritime services deployed through the Port of Trincomalee. Directors and Heads of Divisions of SLPA also attended the meeting.