🇱🇰 SRI LANKA · SOUTH ASIA / INDIAN OCEAN · LKCMB
Port of Colombo
Sri LankaUNLOCODE: LKCMBContainer / Transshipment
Top global transshipment hub; busiest port in Sri Lanka
Five major container terminals (JCT, SAGT, CICT, WCT, ECT)
Max draft 18 m (deep terminals)
Bunkers: HSFO/VLSFO/MGO via barge
Overview
- Top global transshipment hub; busiest port in Sri Lanka
- Five major container terminals (JCT, SAGT, CICT, WCT, ECT)
- Max draft 18 m (deep terminals)
- Bunkers: HSFO/VLSFO/MGO via barge
- Best Port Authority — GPF 2021 & 2023
Busiest port in Sri Lanka and top global transshipment hub. Best Port Authority (GPF 2021, 2023).
Port Identity & Location
- Province
- Western Province
- City
- Colombo
VTS & Communications
- VTS
- Available
- Reporting
- ETA required; first port of entry
Pilotage
- Pilotage
- Compulsory (SLPA pilots) 24h
Anchorages
- Anchorage Depth
- 23.2 m+; good holding
Channel Depths & Approach
- Channel
- 12.5–13.7 m (cargo pier); 14–18 m (deep terminals)
- Oil Terminal
- 20.1–21.3 m alongside
- Hazards
- SW monsoon swell May–Sep
Berths & Terminals
- Terminals
- JCT (SLPA), SAGT, CICT (China Merchants), WCT (Adani/JKH), ECT, Unity Container Terminal
- Type
- Leading South Asian transshipment hub
Documentation & Customs
- Customs
- Sri Lanka Customs
Weather & Tidal
- Tidal
- Low range; SW monsoon swell May–Sep
Security & Hazards (ISPS)
- ISPS
- Compliant
- Hazards
- SW monsoon swell
Port Authority
- Authority
- Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA, est. 1 Aug 1979)
- Tel
- +94-11-2421201
- Fax
- +94-11-2440651
- info@slpa.lk
- Website
- slpa.lk
SAR & Emergency
SAR Authority
Sri Lanka Navy / Coast Guard
Ship Services
- Bunkering
- Available (HSFO/VLSFO/MGO via barge; anchorage / berth / OPL)
- Tugs
- Available
- Repairs
- Colombo Dockyard
Port Details
- Country
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Region
- South Asia / Indian Ocean
- UNLOCODE
- LKCMB
- Type
- Container / Transshipment
- Website
- slpa.lk
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