MAHINDA RAJAPAKSHE

PORT AND ASSOCIATED

OPPORTUNITIES

Dr. Priyath B Wickrama

Chairman
Sri Lanka Ports Authority

Phases of Port Development

Phase I

Master Plan

Phase II

Lands Available for Business Ventures

within the Port Boundary
Zone 1-

100 Ha

Zone 2- 280 Ha
Zone 3- 103 Ha

Total Available Area for Industries-

483 Ha

Status of the 1st Request for

Proposals (RFP)
RFP was Advertised in News Papers
RFP documents were collected by 72 Bidders
27 Nos. Bids were received

08nos. Rejected due to:

No bid bond

Very Small Industry

Propose to do the SLPA Services
Financial Proposal not given

19Nos. were eligible

13 Nos. Negotiated
Total Investment of Negotiated Bidders more than US$ 880 million

Types of Negotiated Investors

Petro Chemical
Sugar Refinery
Cement Bagging
Cement Grinding Plant
Automobile
Warehousing
Fertilizer Bagging
For above Industries :
Total land Requirement
Total Investment
Direct Employment
Revenue to country(25 Y)

84 Ha
US$ 880 million
1,700
US$ 826 million

Present Status and Process

As it is difficult to handle all negotiated Investors at once, it

has been decided to take at least 3 Investors at a time and
proceed .

After receiving the approval of Cabinet of Ministers agreement

will be signed.

Then select another 3 or 4 Investors and proceed as same

above

Hopefully agreement can be signed and complete the

process with all selected Investors with in couple of
months

Advertising 2nd
Request for Proposals (RFP)
Balance land available for Industries
are more than 400 Ha
After closing the 1st RFP many large
scale Investors has submitted their
proposals for Investment.
As the Investors are many in numbers it
is difficult to consider as Unsolicited
Proposals
It has been decided to float another RFP for
Investors after finalization of 1st RFP process.
Hopefully another 2 -3 months time 2nd RFP will
called

Advertising 3rd
Request for Proposals (RFP)
For Ship Building and Repairs
At
Port
of
Colombo
dockyard
is
fully
congested and no more
space
foe
further
expansion
Land has been allocated at
Mahinda Rajapakshe port
premises nearly 48ha of
land for ship building and
repair industry shown in
red colour

Window for Small Scale

Local Entrepreneurs
With the establishing of large scale industries it is necessary to
have small scale enterprises to cater the supporting role of the

industries.

Some opportunities
are:
Large number of skill labour
Day to day maintenances
Major repairs for factories
Accommodation
Food supply
Logistics
Supply of Spare parts
Supply of Skill Labour
Training of Skill Labours
Banking facilities etc.

Thanks