Technical Data
Port Specifications
- UNLOCODE
- LKCMB
- Port Type
- Container
- Terminals
- 3
- Berth Count
- 14
- Max Draught
- 18 m
- Country
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
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Overview
About This Port
Sri Lanka's principal port, strategically located on the main east-west shipping route. A growing transshipment hub for the South Asian subcontinent.
Location
Coordinates
6.9497°N, 79.8444°E
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Expected arrivals
4 inboundVessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals); the computed ETA is at the vessel’s passage speed. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | ETA (computed) | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DA AN | Heavy Lift Vessel | 1598 nm | 12.7 kn | 5 Jul | — |
| LINAH | Container Ship | ~3199 nm | 16.8 kn | — | 25 Jul |
| SEASPAN LAHORE | Container Ship | ~3527 nm | 13.5 kn | — | 7 Jul |
| MSC DON GIOVANNI | Container Ship | ~3558 nm | 14.1 kn | — | 8 Jul |
Network
Connectivity & hub role
How central Port of Colombo sits in the sea-route network we cover — a connectivity score across navigable distances. A higher score means the port is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports, the maritime signature of a hub.
Directly routable to 179 other covered ports.
- INTuticorin144 nm
- INChennai654 nm
- INMumbai931 nm
- INHaldia1,226 nm
- INPort of Mundra1,265 nm
- BDMongla1,276 nm
- INKandla1,312 nm
- BDPort of Chittagong1,323 nm
Method. A connectivity score across our own route network: a port reads higher when it is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports. The score is rescaled 0–100 within the snapshot, so the single most-connected port reads 100. Distances are Suez / Panama / Malacca-aware navigable sea miles.
Coverage. The route network spans the 180 largest commercial ports, so this ranks hubs within that covered network, not against every port on earth. The number is deterministic — no confidence grade is invented. Computed Jun 30, 2026.
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