Colombo Port Targets Record 8.2 Mn TEUs in 2025 🚢

• The Colombo Port is projected to handle a record 8.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) this year, driven by the rapid ramp-up of operations at the new West Container Terminal (WCT). • This forecast volume is approximately 5.4% higher than the 7.78 million TEUs handled in 2024, a figure which already exceeded the Port’s maximum capacity of 7 Mn TEUs. • Capacity Expansion: The total Port capacity is expected to more than double, targeting 15 million TEUs by 2026, up from the current capacity constraints. • Transshipment Performance (2024): Transshipment volumes rebounded strongly, rising 9.7% to 6.31 million TEUs in 2024, largely due to global shipping diversions (Red Sea via the Cape of Good Hope). • Terminal Contributions (2024): China-backed CICT handled 3.3 Mn TEUs, SLPA's JCT and ECT managed 2.4 Mn, and JKH's SAGT handled 2.0 Mn. The India-backed CWICT began operations this year.