Colombo Port — Sri Lanka

Data refreshed 2026-10-11T20:35:08Z · quarterly refresh cycle

Colombo, Sri Lanka is a SIP-class port in Sri Lanka, tracked by IMF PortWatch with 3,761 vessels at last extraction.

3,761 vessels tracked on the day of extraction

Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org).

Vessel composition by class

Shares below cover vessels with a reported class; the total also includes vessels without one.

Container: 3,064

Dry bulk: 278

General cargo: 151

RoRo: 20

Tanker: 248

Share of Sri Lanka maritime trade

Maritime imports: 89.63%

Maritime exports: 89.17%

Top industries served

Mining and Quarrying
Petroleum, Chemical and Non-Metallic Mineral Products
Agriculture

Port record

Coordinates	6.9500N, 79.8398E
UN/LOCODE	LK CMB
Port class	SIP
Continent	Asia & Pacific

Nearby high-activity ports in Sri Lanka

None tracked.

Data provenance

Source query: https://services9.arcgis.com/weJ1QsnbMYJlCHdG/arcgis/rest/services/PortWatch_ports/FeatureServer/1/query?where=1%3D1&outFields=%2A&f=json

Extracted 2026-10-11T20:35:08Z; field-subset of the published PortWatch ports layer (geometry omitted). Field-subset of the published PortWatch ports layer; point geometry dropped, lat/long kept as attributes.

Port data — Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org). Reused under the IMF Copyright & Usage terms. Fields subsetted (geometry omitted); see our data sources note. The IMF is not affiliated with and does not endorse ExportSonar.