Port authorities in Colombo have bowed to truckers' demands to end a one-day strike by allowing the deployment of more staff at gates, more toilets, more entrance gates and an end to checks by the navy on export cargo, Shippingazette reported.
The Sri Lankan government had imposed elaborate checks on cargo and closed entrance gates to increase security during the Sri Lanka 30-year with the Tamil Tigers that ended in May 2009.
Truck drivers went on strike after the customs computer system malfunctioned, reported London's Containerisation International. Customers then were forced to return to the paper based system that delayed truckers moving in and out of the port.
The Sri Lankan government had imposed elaborate checks on cargo and closed entrance gates to increase security during the Sri Lanka 30-year with the Tamil Tigers that ended in May 2009.
Truck drivers went on strike after the customs computer system malfunctioned, reported London's Containerisation International. Customers then were forced to return to the paper based system that delayed truckers moving in and out of the port.