‘Jet Liner’, the biggest troop carrier of the Sri Lanka Navy has become a bridge connecting the North and the South especially catering to the transport needs of the Security Forces and Police personnel serving in the Jaffna peninsula operating between the Trincomalee and Kankesanthurai harbours on a weekly basis. It has possibly created history recording the fastest loading and unloading process with the improvement of facilities at the Kankesanthurai harbour to complete the process of unloading 3,000 troops along with cargo while loading another 3,000 Trincomalee bound troops within 30 minutes enabling the ship to leave for Trincomalee along with the fleet of Dvoras which escort it. Here Security Forces personnel disembarking the troop carrier.
Pictures by Rukmal Gamage