In April, the Port of Colombo saw its transshipment volume growth slow to single digits, following double-digit growth rates over the past four months, due to disruptions in the Red Sea caused by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
The port’s transshipment volumes increased by 8.1 percent year-on-year (YoY) to 525,936 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), marking the lowest growth rate since November last year.
Overall container throughput at the Port of Colombo grew by 10.2 percent YoY to 626,926 TEUs, driven by rising imports.
In April, import container (laden) volumes rose by 22.7 percent YoY to 36,457 TEUs, while export container (laden) volumes increased by 6.6 percent YoY to 21,816 TEUs.
Meanwhile, restowing volumes at the port jumped by 60.9 percent YoY to 19,957 TEUs in the month.
The Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT), the port’s only fully operational deep container terminal, handled 268,513 TEUs during the year, up by 7.8 percent from the previous year.
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority-managed Jaya Container Terminal (JCT) and its partially operational East Container Terminal (ECT) together handled 184,286 TEUs in April, recording 3 percent YoY growth.
The container volumes handled by South Asia Gateway Terminal (SAGT) rose significantly by 23.5 percent YoY to 174,130 TEUs in the month.
In April, 312 ships called on the Port of Colombo, compared to 345 vessels a year ago. This included 276 container cargo ships, five conventional ships, and 16 other cargo ships.
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