Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- As part of the government's moves to make Sri Lanka a regional maritime hub, the facilities required for bunkering at the Colombo Port are being expanded. The Petroleum Corporation and the Petroleum Bulk Terminal Company are jointly expanding the pipeline systems and facilities required for bunkering at the Colombo Port.

A new pipeline system was established to remove the obstacles to oil trade due to the limited pipeline systems and oil shipping facilities required bunkering at the Colombo Port. Accordingly, as the first phase, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) issued ship oil for the first time through a private company engaged in ship oil trade in the country on Friday (22) through the new pipeline system an...