MRMR Port received 161 RO-RO vessels from January to September this year against 74 such vessels for the same period last year pointing to a positive change of 117.56%. The total number of motor vessels handled for the same period this year at MRMR Port is 116,861 units against 26,932 units for the same period last year pointing to a positive change of 333.91%.  During the above period of this year MRMR Port has handled 19,628 domestic and 97,233 transshipment units in RO-RO operations and Significantly MRMR Port has hit the total mark of 100,000 units of vehicle handing by September 2014. The MRMR Port received 329 Ro-Ro vessels from June 2012 to date with handling 51,909 Demotic and 140,225 Transshipment totally during the same period. The Total vehicle handled from June 2012 to date is 192,134 units. 

Vadivel Krishnamoorthy, High Commissioner-designate of Sri Lanka to the Republic of Kenya, presented his letter of credentials to His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya at the State House on Tuesday, (09).

The Government of Japan has extended US$ 224,380 (approximately Rs.30 million)(JPY21,764,860) to the “Reconstruction of Community and Improvement of Livelihood of Returnees in the Fishing Community of Mullaitivu District” project which will be implemented by Pacific Asia Resource Center Inter people’s Cooperation(PARCIC)in the Mullaitivu District under the Japan-NGO Cooperation Grant Scheme. PARCIC is a Japanese NGO, actively involved in reconstruction and development in the Northern Province since 2004.