SLPA
Chairman to address at the
International Port Security
Conference in Netherlands
Dr.Priyath B. Wickrama.
Dr.Priyath B. Wickrama -
Chairman of Sri Lanka Ports
Authority (SLPA) will make
an exclusive presentation at
the International Port
Security Conference in the
Netherlands on 28th
September 2011. The two day
conference will be held from
28th to 29th this month at
the
Inntel Hotels Rotterdam
Centre, Rotterdam in The
Netherlands. The Key Note
Address by Dr.Priyath
B.Wickrama - Chairman of
SLPA will mainly focus on
the past success on securing
Sri Lankan ports and the
predicted effects of future
growth on security
mechanisms. The presentation
will include a number of
major issues in this regard
such as the
inter-agency policing of the
Port of Colombo and keeping
the port incident free, the
LTTE conflict and changes to
security from a
counter-terror perspective,
the success of port security
operations in Sri Lanka:
facts and figures, the Port
of Hambantota: an overview
of the associated security
challenges and becoming the
‘Logistics and Transshipment
Mega hub of South Asia’:
future traffic and expansion.
(CPRD-27092011)