{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Colombo","identifier":"LK CMB","unlocode":"LK CMB","city":null,"country":"Sri Lanka","waterBody":"Laccadive Sea; Indian Ocean","harborSize":"Medium","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":12.5,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":6.95,"longitude":79.84999999999998},"description":"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 Termina","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/colombo-port-lk-cmb","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/colombo-port-lk-cmb","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Colombo · (UN/LOCODE: LK CMB) · Sri Lanka · Medium · 12.5 m"}