2.1.1 Sri Lanka Port of Colombo
Port Overview Port Picture Description and Contacts of Key Companies Port Performance Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges Berthing Specifications Jaya Container Terminal Unity Container Terminal South Asia Gateway Terminal Colombo International Container Terminal General Cargo Handling Berths Port Handling Equipment Jaya Container Terminal Unity Container Terminal South Asia Gateway Terminal Colombo International Container Terminal Container Facilities Jaya Container Terminal Unity Container Terminal South Asia Gateway Terminal Customs Guidance Terminal Information Multipurpose Terminal Grain and Bulk Handling Main Storage Terminal Stevedoring Hinterland Information Port Security
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Port Overview Port of Colombo is the largest and the busiest port in Sri Lanka which is located in Colombo. It is a continuously growing maritime hub which is located in a strategic position in the Indian ocean thus lies in the routes connecting Europe, East and South Asia, the Persian Gulf, and East Africa. Port of Colombo is primarily a container handling port which underwent a modernizing process in 1980. It consists of 5 terminals operated by 3 companies.
Port website: Sri Lanka Port Authority Website
Key port information can also be found at: Maritime Database information on Port of Colombo
Port Location and Contact
Country Sri Lanka
Province or District Colombo
Nearest Town or City with Distance from Port Colombo (5km)
Port's Complete Name Port of Colombo
Latitude 6.939561
Longitude 79.846080
Managing Company or Port Authority Sri Lanka Ports Authority Jaya Container Terminal (JCT) Unity Container Terminal (UCT) Passenger Terminal East Container Terminal (ECT)
South Asia Gateway Terminal (Pvt) Ltd South Asia Gateway Terminal (SAGT)
Colombo International Container Colombo International Container Terminals (LTD) Terminal (CICT)
Page 1 Management Contact Person General (Retd) R. M. Daya Ratnayake, (Chairman) T.P: +94 11 2325559, Fax: +94 11 2451916
Email: [email protected] https://www.slpa.lk/port-colombo/board-of-directors
Nearest Airport and Airlines with Frequent International Airport: Bandaranaike International Airport Arrivals/Departures Airlines: Sri Lankan Airlines
Port Picture
Description and Contacts of Key Companies
The terminal operating companies at the port of Colombo are Sri Lanka ports Authority, South Asian Gateway Terminal (Pvt) Ltd and Colombo International Container Terminal (Pvt) Ltd. These companies provide facilities like providing infrastructure for loading and unloading, navigating, and storage in order for clearance. Sri Lanka customs office provide services of screening and adding taxes. Other than that, there is the Sri Lanka Navy to provide security, and Premier shipping (Pvt) Ltd to provide stevedoring services.
For more information on port contacts, please see the following link: 4.4 Port and Waterways Companies Contact List.
Port Performance
Seasonal Constraints
Occurs Time Frame
Rainy Season n/a n/a
Major Import Campaigns n/a n/a
Other Comments n/a
Page 2 Handling Figures for 2018
Vessel Calls 4,331
Container Traffic (TEUs) 7,047,486 (+13.5%)
Handling Figures Bulk and Break Bulk for 2016
Bulk (MT) 2,572,000
Break bulk (MT) 879,000
Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges
For information on port rates and charges, please see the following link: https://www.slpa.lk/application_resources/other/Tariff_2019.pdf
Berthing Specifications
Jaya Container Terminal
Type of Berth Quantity Length (m) Maximum Draft (m) Comments
Conventional Berth No
Container Berth 4 1, 292 m 12-15 m
Silo Berth no
Berthing Tugs 7+3 n/a n/a 3 berths operated by private parties.
Water Barges 2 n/a n/a
Unity Container Terminal
Type of Berth Quantity Length (m) Maximum Draft (m) Comments
Conventional Berth n/a
Container Berth 2 1,292 m 12-15 m
Silo Berth n/a
Berthing Tugs n/a
Water Barges n/a
South Asia Gateway Terminal
Type of Berth Quantity Length (m) Maximum Draft (m) Comments
Conventional Berth n/a
Container Berth 3 940 m 15 m n/a
Silo Berth n/a
Berthing Tugs n/a
Water Barges n/a
Colombo International Container Terminal
Page 3 Type of Berth Quantity Length (m) Maximum Draft (m) Comments
Conventional Berth n/a
Container Berth 4 1,200 m 18 m n/a
Silo Berth n/a
Berthing Tugs n/a
Water Barges n/a
More information at: https://www.slpa.lk/port-colombo/terminals
General Cargo Handling Berths
Cargo Type Berth Identification
Imports - Bagged Cargo 1
Exports - Bagged Cargo n/a
Imports and Exports - RoRo n/a
Other Imports n/a
Port Handling Equipment
Jaya Container Terminal
Equipment are managed by Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
Equipment Available Total Quantity and Capacity Available Comments on Current Condition and Actual Usage
Dockside Crane No
Container Gantries Yes Total: 20 units Available in both Panamax and super post Panamax. 35.5T: 12 units At present, 2 units of 35.5T are out of service.
41T: 4 units
50T: 2 units
Mobile Cranes Yes 130T: 1 unit n/a 80T: 1 unit
Reach-stacker No
RoRo Tugmaster (with Trailer) Yes 210 n/a
Grain Elevator with Bagging Machines No
Transtainer Yes 63 4 units of rail mounted gantry cranes 59 rubber-tired gantry cranes
Forklifts Yes 24 n/a
Unity Container Terminal
Equipments are managed by Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
Equipment Available Total Quantity and Capacity Available Comments on Current Condition and Actual Usage
Page 4 Dockside Crane No
Container Gantries Yes 35T: 3 units n/a
Mobile Cranes Yes
Reach-stacker No
RoRo Tug master (with Trailer) Yes 45 n/a
Grain Elevator with Bagging Machines No
Transtainer Yes 08 n/a
Forklifts Yes 24 n/a
South Asia Gateway Terminal
Equipments are managed by South Asian Gateway Terminal (Pvt) Ltd
Equipment Available Total Quantity and Capacity Available Comments on Current Condition and Actual Usage
Dockside Crane Yes 12 9 units of super post Panamax and 3 Nos of post Panamax. All the cranes are available for operations.
Container Gantries No
Mobile Cranes n/a
Reach-stacker Yes 1 Full container – Fantuzzi Available for operations
RoRo Tug master (with Trailer) Yes 70 Available for operations
Grain Elevator with Bagging Machines No
Transtainer Yes 37 Available for operations
Forklifts Yes 2 Available for operations
Colombo International Container Terminal
Equipment are managed by Colombo International Container Terminal (Pvt) Ltd.
Equipment Available Total Quantity and Capacity Available Comments on Current Condition and Actual Usage
Dockside Crane No
Container Gantries Yes 14 (65T) 11 units of super post Panamax and 3 units of post Panamax
Mobile Cranes N/A N/A
Reach-stacker Yes 2
RoRo Tugmaster (with Trailer) Yes 82
Grain Elevator with Bagging Machines No
Transtainer Yes 37
Forklifts Yes 4
Container Facilities
Port of Colombo provide many container facilities such as consolidation, storage facilities and handling. The port can handle 20 ft, 40 ft and 45 ft containers and 3 companies which overlooks 4 terminals provide these facilities. The facilities are in good condition.
Page 5 Jaya Container Terminal
Facilities 20 ft 40 ft
Container Facilities Available 53,990 TEUs of dry container capacity n/a
Container Freight Station (CFS) 15,000 m2 n/a
Refrigerated Container Stations 1548 n/a
Other Capacity Details 45.5 Hectares n/a
Daily Take Off Capacity n/a n/a
Number of Reefer Stations n/a 1548
Emergency Take-off Capacity n/a n/a
Off take Capacity of Gang Shift n/a n/a
Unity Container Terminal
Facilities 20 ft 40 ft
Container Facilities Available 8,000 TEUs of dry container capacity n/a
Container Freight Station (CFS) n/a n/a
Refrigerated Container Stations n/a n/a
Other Capacity Details 1.53 Hectares n/a
Daily Take Off Capacity n/a n/a
Number of Reefer Stations n/a n/a
Emergency Take-off Capacity n/a n/a
Off take Capacity of Gang Shift n/a n/a
South Asia Gateway Terminal
Facilities 20 ft 40 ft
Container Facilities Available 5,004 TEUs of dry container capacity n/a
Container Freight Station (CFS) n/a n/a
Refrigerated Container Stations 540 n/a
Other Capacity Details 12 Hectares n/a
Daily Take Off Capacity n/a n/a
Number of Reefer Stations n/a n/a
Emergency Take-off Capacity n/a n/a
Off take Capacity of Gang Shift n/a n/a
Customs Guidance
Page 6 Sri Lanka customs headquarters is located at a walking distance from the port of Colombo. The customs administration is a department under the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media. The main activities of the customs at the port are Collection of revenue, prevention of revenue leakages and other frauds, facilitation of legitimate trade, collection of import and export data to provide statistics and cooperation and coordination with other Government Departments and stakeholders in respect of imports and exports. Before exporting a good custom declaration document should be submitted along with other documents. (Information regarding the documents needed is available at: http://www.customs.gov.lk/exports/support_doc). The cusdec is an important document which should be produced to the customs. It is a document based on the internationally recognized Single Administrative Document (SAD).
For more information on customs in Sri Lanka, please see the following link: 1.3 Customs Information.
Terminal Information
Multipurpose Terminal
The only multipurpose terminal available in the Port of Colombo is the Unity Terminal operated by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. It includes 2 container berths and 1 multipurpose berth.
Grain and Bulk Handling
N/a
Main Storage Terminal
N/a
Stevedoring
Stevedoring was done by wharf companies before, but currently it is done by the Premier Shipping (Pvt) Ltd. The stevedoring activities include multi country container consolidation operations outside the port and within the port, container handling, and conventional cargo operations. Stevedoring charges can be found at: https://www.slpa.lk/application_resources/other/Tariff_2019.pdf
Hinterland Information
Goods are moved out of the port in container trucks. There are 6 container freight stations which has 2 ASCC each. The 6 container freight stations are DHL Global Forwarding Lanka Pvt Ltd., Ace Distriparks Pvt Ltd., Logilink Pvt Ltd., Expo Lanka Freight, Maersk Logistics Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. and Global Transportation and Logistics (Pvt) Ltd. Thereby goods move out from these container freight stations in their own trucks.
Port Security
Security standards of the port is established according to the SOLAS convention of International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The port is ISPS compliant. The security of the port is under the Sri Lankan Navy. It started in 2004 when a navy base was established at the Colombo port. The security team is responsible for the vehicles and people coming in and out. According to the situation of the country the security methods changes and currently CCTV cameras are used. However, for fire situations Colombo port has a special ship complaint with fire extinguishing facilities.
Security
ISPS Compliant Yes
Current ISPS Level 1 (Level 1 = Normal, Level 2 = Heightened, Level 3 = Exceptional)
Police Boats Yes
Fire Engines Yes
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