A sudden fire broke out in a ship anchored at the JCT 4 jetty in Colombo port this morning (11).The Port Authority says that the MSC Captown ship belonging to the shipping company of Geneva, Switzerland, arrived at the port of Colombo from the port of Singapore and was supposed to unload 995 containers and load 880 containers.
Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has instructed Port Authority Chairman Keith Barnard to conduct a full investigation into this incident.