Port intelligence
Colombo port congestion & delays
Live berth congestion level, active-storm exposure and the 14 shipping lanes served by Colombo (LK, LKCMB). Fused from port-call throughput, AIS dwell and the CMA/NHC/JTWC/GDACS weather feeds, refreshed hourly.
Colombo is the world's #40 most efficient container port (World Bank CPPI 2023) and handled 7.3M TEU in 2021, operated by Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT), South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT), Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
- 14 shipping lanes tracked
- 12 carriers calling
- 554 sailings observed
Port facts
#40 of 405
Container Port Performance Index 2023
719
UNCTAD connectivity · 2026Q2 · 100 = 2023 global avg
7.3M TEU
Annual throughput (2021)
18 m
Max draft
51
Berths
Operator
Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT), South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT), Sri Lanka Ports Authority
Port authority
Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA)
Terminals
Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT)South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT)Jaya Container Terminal (JCT)Colombo West International Terminal (CWIT)Sources: World Bank Container Port Performance Index 2023; UNCTAD PLSCI 2026Q2; Wikidata · Wikidata
Shipping lanes through Colombo
When Colombo is congested or storm-exposed, these lanes carry the delay risk. Open a lane to compare carriers by real on-time reliability and transit time.
From Colombo
- Rotterdam · 9 carriers
- Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) · 1 carriers
- Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) · 1 carriers
- Pipavav (Victor) Port · 1 carriers
- Singapore · 1 carriers
- Jebel Ali · 4 carriers
- Felixstowe · 5 carriers
To Colombo
- Shanghai · 10 carriers
- Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) · 1 carriers
- Singapore · 1 carriers
- Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) · 1 carriers
- Pipavav (Victor) Port · 1 carriers
- Felixstowe · 2 carriers
- Rotterdam · 4 carriers