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Army Harbour

Passengers in transit come ashore to spend a day in Colombo

The Queen Elizabeth Quay was Closed,But the sign-board has not been removed

Colombo Harbour

The Port at Duak

THE Minister of Nationalised Services and Shipping,Mr.Sarath Wijesinghe,cut a ribbon yesterday to mark the delivery of the 100th lighter to the Port Cargo Corporation by the Pacific Island Shipbuilding Co.Ltd,Hong Kong

OUR camereman here gives you a glimpse of the queue of cargo ships idling in the Colombo Harbour yesterday while port workers were out on strike,the whole of the port premises deserted

Colombo Port

Colombo Port

Colombo Port

A novel launching ceremony for the new lighter.The splash you see against her bows was a bottle of coconut milk

Colombo Port

DREDGER

At last-a Private exchange for the Port Cargo Corporation

Harbour

HARBOUR workers belonging to the United Port Workers Union streaming for duty this morning

THE SAILS DEPARTMENT,Colombo Harbour-sent by Mr.Vernon Claasz,Heatherdell,Alexandra Road,Wellawatte

Container transport by rail

A model of the completed harbour

Railway tracks are now being laid on the Delft Pier which is expected to be completed by the end of this year

THE first consignment of canned mango for the United Kingdom was shipped by Messrs Shums & Co Canning Industry

Colombo Port

Harbour

THE scene in the Partially strike bound port of Colombo with a naval rating standing guard at Delft Quay

Mr.Wimal Amarasekara,Chairman distributing the Prizez at a Port employees athletic meet

ERS from Trincomalee Muthur from one launch to duother in mid-ocean

Before

'The Sea Vent'

Harbour

THE tOlofon which has been time chartered by the Ceylon Shipping Corporation left Colombo for the first time on behalf of the Corporation,with a cargo of Ceylon produce and tea for the UK and Continental ports