# Colombo (LK CMB)

**UN/LOCODE:** LK CMB  
**Country:** Sri Lanka  
**Water Body:** Laccadive Sea; Indian Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Medium  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 6.9500, 79.8500

A record 7.78 million TEU crossed the Port of Colombo in 2024, of which about 6.31 million TEU were transshipment — more than 80 percent of the total; in 2025 throughput rose further to roughly 8.29 million TEU. That makes Colombo South Asia's leading hub for moving boxes between vessels and places it among the world's 25 busiest container ports, thanks to its position astride the east-west routes of the Indian Ocean. Throughput is shared across terminals: Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT, about 3.35 million TEU in 2024) and South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT, around 2.0 million) offer deep-water berths for the largest ships, while the new, fully automated West Container Terminal (CWIT) has been operating since February 2025 and has already passed one million TEU. The port mainly serves Indian hinterland cargo, consolidating feeder flows from sub-continental ports, alongside traffic to and from Bangladesh, Pakistan and East Africa. Local Sri Lankan import cargo — consumer goods, machinery, project shipments — is a smaller share moving through the same terminals. For shippers, the key attraction is dense connectivity to mainline services and short feeder transit times. Regional transshipment alternatives include Singapore, Salalah and the fast-growing Indian gateways of Mundra and nearby Vizhinjam.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Colombo → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/colombo-shanghai)
- [Colombo → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/colombo-shenzhen)
- [Colombo → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/colombo-guangzhou)
- [Colombo → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/colombo-hong-kong)
- [Colombo → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/colombo-tokyo)
- [Colombo → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/colombo-busan)

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