Colombo: port calls and disruption history

Name: Colombo daily port calls and volume estimates
Creator: World Freight Monitor

Colombo recorded a mean of 10.2 port calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026), compared with 11.4 in the previous 28 days (-10.9%). The archive records 1 disruption at this port.

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Key facts

Country: Sri Lanka
UN/LOCODE: LKCMB
Rank by daily calls: 79 of 2,065 PortWatch ports
Mean daily calls, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026: 11.5
Recorded events: 1
Data through: 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026)

Colombo averaged 10.2 port calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11.
Colombo ranks 79 among IMF PortWatch ports by mean daily calls between 1 September 2025 and 31 August 2026.

Disruption history

1 recorded event, newest first.

Events at Colombo
Start	Event	Type	Status	Severity
2021-05-20	Container ship X-Press Pearl burns and sinks off Colombo	Fire	ended	1 Minor

Full event history for Colombo

Port calls

Colombo, port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 4 calls per day on 2026-08-18 to 18 calls per day on 2026-06-18, with a mean of 11.4 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 10 calls per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026).

Colombo, port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	13
2026-05-18	11
2026-05-19	13
2026-05-20	13
2026-05-21	6
2026-05-22	13
2026-05-23	14
2026-05-24	13
2026-05-25	12
2026-05-26	11
2026-05-27	9
2026-05-28	16
2026-05-29	12
2026-05-30	17
2026-05-31	12
2026-06-01	11
2026-06-02	7
2026-06-03	6
2026-06-04	14
2026-06-05	12
2026-06-06	13
2026-06-07	8
2026-06-08	12
2026-06-09	11
2026-06-10	10
2026-06-11	12
2026-06-12	10
2026-06-13	12
2026-06-14	17
2026-06-15	12
2026-06-16	14
2026-06-17	9
2026-06-18	18
2026-06-19	12
2026-06-20	10
2026-06-21	12
2026-06-22	10
2026-06-23	11
2026-06-24	8
2026-06-25	17
2026-06-26	9
2026-06-27	12
2026-06-28	12
2026-06-29	10
2026-06-30	10
2026-07-01	15
2026-07-02	14
2026-07-03	12
2026-07-04	15
2026-07-05	9
2026-07-06	13
2026-07-07	11
2026-07-08	10
2026-07-09	15
2026-07-10	14
2026-07-11	12
2026-07-12	11
2026-07-13	11
2026-07-14	12
2026-07-15	11
2026-07-16	15
2026-07-17	11
2026-07-18	9
2026-07-19	12
2026-07-20	12
2026-07-21	12
2026-07-22	10
2026-07-23	7
2026-07-24	13
2026-07-25	7
2026-07-26	13
2026-07-27	12
2026-07-28	11
2026-07-29	10
2026-07-30	13
2026-07-31	5
2026-08-01	10
2026-08-02	14
2026-08-03	13
2026-08-04	13
2026-08-05	9
2026-08-06	16
2026-08-07	11
2026-08-08	12
2026-08-09	14
2026-08-10	11
2026-08-11	7
2026-08-12	15
2026-08-13	12
2026-08-14	15
2026-08-15	8
2026-08-16	15
2026-08-17	12
2026-08-18	4
2026-08-19	9
2026-08-20	13
2026-08-21	6
2026-08-22	10
2026-08-23	11
2026-08-24	13
2026-08-25	13
2026-08-26	9
2026-08-27	11
2026-08-28	6
2026-08-29	12
2026-08-30	11
2026-08-31	10
2026-09-01	7
2026-09-02	14
2026-09-03	8
2026-09-04	13
2026-09-05	9
2026-09-06	9
2026-09-07	9
2026-09-08	10
2026-09-09	12
2026-09-10	11
2026-09-11	10

Container ship port calls

Colombo, container ship port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 3 calls per day on 2026-05-21 to 14 calls per day on 2026-05-28, with a mean of 8.7 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 9 calls per day.

Colombo, container ship port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	12
2026-05-18	7
2026-05-19	10
2026-05-20	10
2026-05-21	3
2026-05-22	10
2026-05-23	12
2026-05-24	10
2026-05-25	12
2026-05-26	9
2026-05-27	6
2026-05-28	14
2026-05-29	8
2026-05-30	12
2026-05-31	10
2026-06-01	10
2026-06-02	6
2026-06-03	5
2026-06-04	8
2026-06-05	10
2026-06-06	11
2026-06-07	7
2026-06-08	8
2026-06-09	11
2026-06-10	9
2026-06-11	7
2026-06-12	7
2026-06-13	9
2026-06-14	11
2026-06-15	11
2026-06-16	9
2026-06-17	6
2026-06-18	13
2026-06-19	9
2026-06-20	9
2026-06-21	10
2026-06-22	6
2026-06-23	10
2026-06-24	5
2026-06-25	13
2026-06-26	5
2026-06-27	10
2026-06-28	9
2026-06-29	9
2026-06-30	8
2026-07-01	8
2026-07-02	11
2026-07-03	8
2026-07-04	11
2026-07-05	7
2026-07-06	10
2026-07-07	8
2026-07-08	8
2026-07-09	9
2026-07-10	11
2026-07-11	10
2026-07-12	8
2026-07-13	9
2026-07-14	9
2026-07-15	10
2026-07-16	12
2026-07-17	7
2026-07-18	7
2026-07-19	11
2026-07-20	10
2026-07-21	9
2026-07-22	7
2026-07-23	5
2026-07-24	11
2026-07-25	6
2026-07-26	12
2026-07-27	7
2026-07-28	11
2026-07-29	6
2026-07-30	11
2026-07-31	4
2026-08-01	8
2026-08-02	9
2026-08-03	7
2026-08-04	12
2026-08-05	8
2026-08-06	10
2026-08-07	8
2026-08-08	7
2026-08-09	10
2026-08-10	9
2026-08-11	5
2026-08-12	12
2026-08-13	9
2026-08-14	13
2026-08-15	6
2026-08-16	10
2026-08-17	10
2026-08-18	3
2026-08-19	7
2026-08-20	9
2026-08-21	5
2026-08-22	7
2026-08-23	9
2026-08-24	11
2026-08-25	10
2026-08-26	7
2026-08-27	10
2026-08-28	4
2026-08-29	9
2026-08-30	8
2026-08-31	8
2026-09-01	6
2026-09-02	10
2026-09-03	7
2026-09-04	10
2026-09-05	8
2026-09-06	8
2026-09-07	9
2026-09-08	6
2026-09-09	9
2026-09-10	4
2026-09-11	9

Tanker port calls

Colombo, tanker port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2026-05-17 to 4 calls per day on 2026-06-14, with a mean of 1.3 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 0 calls per day.

Colombo, tanker port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	0
2026-05-18	1
2026-05-19	1
2026-05-20	1
2026-05-21	2
2026-05-22	1
2026-05-23	1
2026-05-24	1
2026-05-25	0
2026-05-26	1
2026-05-27	3
2026-05-28	1
2026-05-29	2
2026-05-30	2
2026-05-31	0
2026-06-01	1
2026-06-02	1
2026-06-03	1
2026-06-04	2
2026-06-05	0
2026-06-06	2
2026-06-07	1
2026-06-08	2
2026-06-09	0
2026-06-10	1
2026-06-11	2
2026-06-12	2
2026-06-13	3
2026-06-14	4
2026-06-15	1
2026-06-16	3
2026-06-17	2
2026-06-18	1
2026-06-19	1
2026-06-20	1
2026-06-21	2
2026-06-22	1
2026-06-23	1
2026-06-24	1
2026-06-25	1
2026-06-26	1
2026-06-27	2
2026-06-28	1
2026-06-29	1
2026-06-30	0
2026-07-01	2
2026-07-02	1
2026-07-03	3
2026-07-04	1
2026-07-05	2
2026-07-06	1
2026-07-07	2
2026-07-08	1
2026-07-09	4
2026-07-10	1
2026-07-11	0
2026-07-12	1
2026-07-13	2
2026-07-14	2
2026-07-15	0
2026-07-16	1
2026-07-17	1
2026-07-18	2
2026-07-19	1
2026-07-20	1
2026-07-21	3
2026-07-22	1
2026-07-23	1
2026-07-24	1
2026-07-25	1
2026-07-26	1
2026-07-27	2
2026-07-28	0
2026-07-29	4
2026-07-30	2
2026-07-31	0
2026-08-01	0
2026-08-02	1
2026-08-03	3
2026-08-04	1
2026-08-05	1
2026-08-06	3
2026-08-07	1
2026-08-08	2
2026-08-09	3
2026-08-10	1
2026-08-11	1
2026-08-12	0
2026-08-13	1
2026-08-14	1
2026-08-15	2
2026-08-16	1
2026-08-17	0
2026-08-18	0
2026-08-19	1
2026-08-20	1
2026-08-21	0
2026-08-22	1
2026-08-23	1
2026-08-24	2
2026-08-25	2
2026-08-26	2
2026-08-27	0
2026-08-28	0
2026-08-29	2
2026-08-30	2
2026-08-31	0
2026-09-01	1
2026-09-02	4
2026-09-03	1
2026-09-04	1
2026-09-05	0
2026-09-06	1
2026-09-07	0
2026-09-08	2
2026-09-09	1
2026-09-10	2
2026-09-11	0

Dry bulk port calls

Colombo, dry bulk port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2026-05-17 to 4 calls per day on 2026-09-10, with a mean of 0.7 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 1 calls per day.

Colombo, dry bulk port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	0
2026-05-18	2
2026-05-19	0
2026-05-20	1
2026-05-21	0
2026-05-22	2
2026-05-23	1
2026-05-24	1
2026-05-25	0
2026-05-26	0
2026-05-27	0
2026-05-28	1
2026-05-29	1
2026-05-30	1
2026-05-31	1
2026-06-01	0
2026-06-02	0
2026-06-03	0
2026-06-04	0
2026-06-05	2
2026-06-06	0
2026-06-07	0
2026-06-08	1
2026-06-09	0
2026-06-10	0
2026-06-11	1
2026-06-12	0
2026-06-13	0
2026-06-14	1
2026-06-15	0
2026-06-16	2
2026-06-17	1
2026-06-18	3
2026-06-19	1
2026-06-20	0
2026-06-21	0
2026-06-22	0
2026-06-23	0
2026-06-24	1
2026-06-25	1
2026-06-26	1
2026-06-27	0
2026-06-28	1
2026-06-29	0
2026-06-30	1
2026-07-01	1
2026-07-02	1
2026-07-03	1
2026-07-04	2
2026-07-05	0
2026-07-06	2
2026-07-07	1
2026-07-08	1
2026-07-09	1
2026-07-10	1
2026-07-11	1
2026-07-12	2
2026-07-13	0
2026-07-14	0
2026-07-15	1
2026-07-16	1
2026-07-17	2
2026-07-18	0
2026-07-19	0
2026-07-20	0
2026-07-21	0
2026-07-22	1
2026-07-23	1
2026-07-24	0
2026-07-25	0
2026-07-26	0
2026-07-27	1
2026-07-28	0
2026-07-29	0
2026-07-30	0
2026-07-31	1
2026-08-01	1
2026-08-02	3
2026-08-03	1
2026-08-04	0
2026-08-05	0
2026-08-06	3
2026-08-07	1
2026-08-08	1
2026-08-09	1
2026-08-10	1
2026-08-11	0
2026-08-12	1
2026-08-13	2
2026-08-14	1
2026-08-15	0
2026-08-16	2
2026-08-17	1
2026-08-18	1
2026-08-19	0
2026-08-20	1
2026-08-21	0
2026-08-22	1
2026-08-23	0
2026-08-24	0
2026-08-25	1
2026-08-26	0
2026-08-27	0
2026-08-28	1
2026-08-29	0
2026-08-30	1
2026-08-31	0
2026-09-01	0
2026-09-02	0
2026-09-03	0
2026-09-04	1
2026-09-05	0
2026-09-06	0
2026-09-07	0
2026-09-08	0
2026-09-09	1
2026-09-10	4
2026-09-11	1

Estimated import volume

Colombo, estimated import volume, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 6,053 metric tons per day on 2026-09-01 to 142,164 metric tons per day on 2026-06-18, with a mean of 60,129.8 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 79,057 metric tons per day.

Colombo, estimated import volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-05-17	73,051
2026-05-18	30,803
2026-05-19	66,201
2026-05-20	59,945
2026-05-21	22,859
2026-05-22	52,816
2026-05-23	122,624
2026-05-24	48,344
2026-05-25	58,990
2026-05-26	32,253
2026-05-27	95,239
2026-05-28	85,761
2026-05-29	99,304
2026-05-30	88,081
2026-05-31	90,578
2026-06-01	24,290
2026-06-02	21,540
2026-06-03	27,671
2026-06-04	15,372
2026-06-05	37,587
2026-06-06	97,521
2026-06-07	11,456
2026-06-08	90,586
2026-06-09	18,320
2026-06-10	51,292
2026-06-11	30,586
2026-06-12	58,049
2026-06-13	58,588
2026-06-14	111,586
2026-06-15	38,121
2026-06-16	76,151
2026-06-17	9,777
2026-06-18	142,164
2026-06-19	31,169
2026-06-20	40,693
2026-06-21	107,028
2026-06-22	26,347
2026-06-23	48,531
2026-06-24	44,054
2026-06-25	90,666
2026-06-26	39,522
2026-06-27	93,126
2026-06-28	38,336
2026-06-29	39,802
2026-06-30	70,873
2026-07-01	91,562
2026-07-02	38,198
2026-07-03	84,092
2026-07-04	114,240
2026-07-05	56,054
2026-07-06	89,424
2026-07-07	85,197
2026-07-08	60,887
2026-07-09	76,673
2026-07-10	42,920
2026-07-11	48,316
2026-07-12	69,170
2026-07-13	34,468
2026-07-14	53,856
2026-07-15	81,794
2026-07-16	78,275
2026-07-17	76,925
2026-07-18	110,972
2026-07-19	22,449
2026-07-20	80,099
2026-07-21	82,476
2026-07-22	28,572
2026-07-23	56,910
2026-07-24	30,316
2026-07-25	49,224
2026-07-26	83,151
2026-07-27	49,848
2026-07-28	65,958
2026-07-29	39,697
2026-07-30	54,658
2026-07-31	63,646
2026-08-01	29,006
2026-08-02	86,415
2026-08-03	83,050
2026-08-04	39,603
2026-08-05	70,429
2026-08-06	81,657
2026-08-07	36,598
2026-08-08	114,648
2026-08-09	51,471
2026-08-10	65,702
2026-08-11	18,400
2026-08-12	63,882
2026-08-13	69,995
2026-08-14	50,151
2026-08-15	25,519
2026-08-16	93,330
2026-08-17	99,647
2026-08-18	12,993
2026-08-19	14,538
2026-08-20	134,389
2026-08-21	15,490
2026-08-22	70,545
2026-08-23	52,467
2026-08-24	58,707
2026-08-25	95,473
2026-08-26	35,553
2026-08-27	39,733
2026-08-28	21,984
2026-08-29	32,328
2026-08-30	109,877
2026-08-31	55,136
2026-09-01	6,053
2026-09-02	114,472
2026-09-03	23,179
2026-09-04	129,773
2026-09-05	34,212
2026-09-06	49,754
2026-09-07	32,862
2026-09-08	49,404
2026-09-09	33,025
2026-09-10	97,127
2026-09-11	79,057

Estimated export volume

Colombo, estimated export volume, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 4,257 metric tons per day on 2026-07-08 to 99,859 metric tons per day on 2026-07-16, with a mean of 27,264.7 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 18,245 metric tons per day.

Colombo, estimated export volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-05-17	67,524
2026-05-18	17,996
2026-05-19	10,528
2026-05-20	40,880
2026-05-21	35,037
2026-05-22	16,734
2026-05-23	10,776
2026-05-24	60,945
2026-05-25	7,597
2026-05-26	30,322
2026-05-27	18,246
2026-05-28	42,838
2026-05-29	13,449
2026-05-30	38,532
2026-05-31	23,111
2026-06-01	41,661
2026-06-02	5,290
2026-06-03	4,538
2026-06-04	34,230
2026-06-05	33,872
2026-06-06	18,204
2026-06-07	22,405
2026-06-08	34,118
2026-06-09	22,923
2026-06-10	29,025
2026-06-11	64,500
2026-06-12	44,003
2026-06-13	10,378
2026-06-14	27,818
2026-06-15	22,336
2026-06-16	9,820
2026-06-17	26,064
2026-06-18	23,915
2026-06-19	29,852
2026-06-20	19,495
2026-06-21	21,165
2026-06-22	25,841
2026-06-23	56,044
2026-06-24	8,520
2026-06-25	75,439
2026-06-26	15,952
2026-06-27	9,211
2026-06-28	12,598
2026-06-29	39,802
2026-06-30	16,456
2026-07-01	13,354
2026-07-02	51,841
2026-07-03	16,386
2026-07-04	30,345
2026-07-05	7,787
2026-07-06	48,202
2026-07-07	10,906
2026-07-08	4,257
2026-07-09	49,177
2026-07-10	13,161
2026-07-11	16,343
2026-07-12	39,014
2026-07-13	47,138
2026-07-14	8,203
2026-07-15	20,411
2026-07-16	99,859
2026-07-17	42,041
2026-07-18	4,582
2026-07-19	38,547
2026-07-20	68,852
2026-07-21	13,949
2026-07-22	26,106
2026-07-23	17,634
2026-07-24	33,355
2026-07-25	5,004
2026-07-26	9,381
2026-07-27	11,110
2026-07-28	20,140
2026-07-29	8,599
2026-07-30	41,504
2026-07-31	7,304
2026-08-01	33,562
2026-08-02	27,203
2026-08-03	13,053
2026-08-04	38,597
2026-08-05	7,499
2026-08-06	16,853
2026-08-07	30,945
2026-08-08	5,024
2026-08-09	34,873
2026-08-10	26,793
2026-08-11	23,833
2026-08-12	28,924
2026-08-13	34,961
2026-08-14	45,893
2026-08-15	7,658
2026-08-16	28,794
2026-08-17	72,273
2026-08-18	20,359
2026-08-19	18,259
2026-08-20	15,665
2026-08-21	33,714
2026-08-22	8,914
2026-08-23	22,086
2026-08-24	59,317
2026-08-25	24,908
2026-08-26	9,060
2026-08-27	17,305
2026-08-28	16,443
2026-08-29	44,244
2026-08-30	54,419
2026-08-31	13,098
2026-09-01	23,110
2026-09-02	28,830
2026-09-03	42,054
2026-09-04	8,326
2026-09-05	38,645
2026-09-06	10,641
2026-09-07	13,654
2026-09-08	51,882
2026-09-09	67,835
2026-09-10	15,003
2026-09-11	18,245

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Curated trade lanes that start or end at Colombo, and the chokepoints their usual routing passes.

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