The Port of Colombo Sinhala: කොළඹ වරාය, Tamil: கொழும்பு துறைமுகம் (known as Port of Kolomtota during the early 14th Century Kotte Kingdom) is the largest and busiest port in Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean. Located in Colombo, on the southwestern shores on the Kelani River, it serves as an important terminal in Asia due to its strategic location in the Indian Ocean. During the 1980s, the port underwent rapid modernization with the installation of cranes, gantries and other modern-day terminal requirements.
Currently with a capacity of 7 million TEUs and a dredged depth of over 15 m (49 ft),[3] the Colombo Harbour is one of the busiest ports in the world, and ranks among the top 25 ports. It is also one of the biggest artificial harbours in the world handling most of the country's foreign trade.[4] It has an annual cargo tonnage of 30.9 million tons.[5] The port is also the naval base for Sri Lanka Navy Western Fleet under the Commander Western Naval Area (COMWEST).[citation needed] The Port of Colombo is home to the second tallest building in South Asia and is the center for many commercial interests.
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The PortofColombo Sinhala: කොළඹ වරාය, Tamil: கொழும்பு துறைமுகம் (known as Portof Kolomtota during the early 14th Century Kotte Kingdom) is the largest...
Port City Colombo (Official name: ColomboPort City), (Sinhala: කොළඹ වරාය නගරය, romanised: Koḷam̆ba Warāya Nagaraya) is a multi-services special economic...
began to settle in Colombo around the eighth century AD mostly because the port helped their business by the way of controlling much of the trade between...
Sri Lanka's second largest port, after Colombo. In 2020, the port handled 1.8 million tonnes of cargo. Construction of the port commenced in January 2008...
which is centred on the country's commercial capital Colombo. A rail network handles a portion of Sri Lanka's transport needs. There are navigable waterways...
CGM held the rest of the shares (51%). The PortofColombo is the largest port located in the southwestern shores on the Kelani River of Sri Lanka. China...
list ofports in Sri Lanka. All ports and harbours in Sri Lanka are maintained and governed by the Government of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority...
Ports Authority (SLPA) is the state-owned operator of major commercial ports in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1979, SLPA currently operates ports in Colombo,...
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority Maritime Museum (වරාය අධිකාරය මූදුබඩ කෞතුකාගාරය ), commonly known as the Colombo Maritime Museum, is located at 19 Chaithya...
Lanka's Colomboport relies on the bay's transshipment traffic. Thailand: As a peripheral country, Thailand's western coastline is linked with the Bay of Bengal...
It is located at Galbokka Point south of the PortofColombo on the waterfront along the marine drive, in Colombo fort. The current 29-metre-high (95 ft)...
List ofports in Sri Lanka PortofColombo Sri Lanka Ports Authority "UNLOCODE (LK) - SRI LANKA". service.unece.org. Retrieved 28 April 2020. "Portof Trincomalee"...
Trincomalee long before the war. After the fall of Singapore the Royal Navy's East Indies Station was moved to Colombo and then to Trincomalee. Admiral Sir Geoffrey...
The ColomboPort City Economic Commission is a government entity in Sri Lanka, established in 2021, which is entrusted and authorised, by way of the Colombo...
the Colombo harbour until she was sold for scrap. Her sole QF 12-pounder gun still stands at the entrance to SLNS Rangalle in the PortofColombo. Jackson...
000 cu ft). But in the whole of 2012 only 34 ships berthed at Hambantota, compared with 3,667 ships at the portofColombo. Sri Lanka was still heavily...
Directory, Colombo. 1959. "First-class matches played on Vihara Mahadevi Park, Colombo". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 August 2015. "PortofColombo". "The...
training visit. She was at the portofColombo, Sri Lanka from 7 September to 10 September 2019 and at the portof Visakhapatnam of India 14 September to 17...
Middle East, and considered its portofColombo "the only really good base" for the Eastern Fleet and the defence of India.(Churchill 1986, pp. 152, 155...
sailor-poet Nikos Kavvadias tells the story of the Norwegian sailor Nagel Harbor, who dies at the portofColombo, while escorting a steamer tank on its way...
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