EXISTING PORT FACILITIES
(I) South Asia Gateway Terminal (SAGT) formerly Queen
Elizabeth Quay (QEQ)
The QEQ has been leased for a period of 30 years by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) to the terminal
operator South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT) to develop and operate on a BOT basis. The quay has been
widened by SAGT to 100m on piles Eastwards in to the harbour basin to accommodate a passenger berth of
250m and three container berths having a total length of 1,005m. The berths have 15m depths and a container
terminal area of 22.2 hectares. The container berths have been provided with 9 Super Post Panamax container
cranes and the terminal with 27 transfer cranes. It has a dry container stacking capacity of 26,250 TEU and
a reefer container stacking capacity of 900 TEU.
(II) Bandaranayake Quay and Coaster Berths
The Bandaranayake quay has five berths for break bulk cargo. The East quay has a length of 422m and a
dredged depth of 9.45m. West quay has a length of 412m which could have a depth of 10.06m while the North
quay having a length of 130m could have a dredged depth of 10.97m. The quay has four transit sheds of
total area of 20,460 m2 with rail mounted portal cranes and rail access. The two Coaster Berths have
lengths of 100m and 85m with depths of 8m and 6m respectively.
(III) Feeder Berth
This berth, which is in close proximity to the JCT, had been recently constructed with a length of 193m and
alongside depths of 10m for vessel of 10,000 DWT. The deck is trapezoidal in plan with 57m and 16m at land
end and sea end respectively having an area of 6,788 m2. The berth is a concrete piled structure with a
concrete deck of beams and slabs and rails to mount two container cranes, which are yet to be installed.
(IV) Jaya Container Terminal (JCT)
JCT contains four container berths of having a quay wall length of 1,292m and two feeder berths of length
180m in the South and 172m in the North. The breadth of the terminal is 350m. The alongside depths and the
lengths of the berths are as follows:
JCT 1 12m X 300m
JCT 2 13m X 332m
JCT 3 15m X 330m
JCT 4 15m X 330m
JCT South Feeder Berth 9m X 180m
The JCT in addition has the under mentioned facilities:
A total container terminal area of 45.5 Hectares
A dry container stacking capacity of 34,020 TEU
A reefer container stacking capacity of 900 TEU
An empty container stacking capacity of 6,000 TEU
JCT has three repair facilities which work on a 24-hour shift basis. One workshop maintains the container
cranes and the transfer cranes. The second workshop attends to the repair of the prime movers and trailers
while the electrical workshop maintains the electrical components of the equipment. The Central Computer
Room of the SLPA is located in the administration building of JCT with a network of terminals connected
locally and via telecommunication lines.
(V) Guide Pier
Guide pier of length 330m has two berths with alongside depths of 8m and 9.5m. It is also used by the
Colombo Dockyard Ltd to move vessels to the dry docks situated at the East end. When not in use for
docking activities it is used by the SLPA for handling break bulk, general cargo and car carriers. Edible
oils could be loaded from this pier by pipelines from ship to shore and vice versa to the storage tank
farm situated within the port premises.
(VI) South Pier
The South pier is 270m in length and can accommodate vessels of draught of 9.5m. Break bulk, gas, general
cargo and car carriers are handled at this pier.
(VII) New North Pier (Unity Pier)
The South Quay of the New North Pier has two berths one 130m in length having 9m depths and the other 210m
length berth having 11m depths and an overall width of 100m. The quay has provisions for the installation
of three container cranes. The North quay of the pier has a 200m long and a 25m wide multipurpose berth
with 11m depths and pipelines to the Mahaweli Marine cement silos situated in the vicinity of the pier. It
also has provisions for the installation of two container cranes. The pier has an area of 3.9 hectares and
3.2 hectares of land support having 1,020 slots with five high container storage capacities. The terminal
will be provided with 8 transfer cranes and 45 prime movers and trailers. Annually 700,000T of dry bulk
cargo can be also discharged from this pier.
(VIII) Prince Vijaya Quay (PVQ)
This quay is 330m long and 57.6m wide and dredged to a depth of 9.75m. The quay is mainly used to discharge
bulk cement to the Mahaweli Marine and Samudra cement silos located within the port and maize in bulk to
the silos of Grain Elevators silos located outside the port limits. Break bulk cargo and general cargo are
also handled at this quay. The quay has two transit sheds and the transit shed nearer the North entrance
to the harbour had been demolished and the area given to a private operator to establish a grain grinding
mill.
(IX) Passenger Terminal
With the re-development of the Queen Elizabeth Quay (QEQ) by South Asia Gateway Terminal (SAGT), the
Passenger berth was developed & launched in 2002. This berth has a quay length of 215m and the
permissible draft at this berth is 10m.
(X) Oil Jetty
The oil jetty is located at the port side of the North West (Island) Breakwater. The jetty is 90m in length
and has 11m depths. Eleven submarine pipelines including a 24" line for crude oil and 12" line
for bunkering is laid from the jetty to the shore. Fuel is supplied to vessels berthed inside the harbour
or outside by a barge owned by Lanka Marine Services. Packaged oils and lubricants are delivered direct to
vessels.
(XI) Water Jetty
The water jetty situated between the QEQ and the BQ in the South of the harbour supply water to ships by
barges.
(XII) Repair Facilities for Small Craft, Dredgers and Tugs
Jetties and slipways for the repair of small craft, dredgers and tugs owned by the SLPA are located in the
South side of the port. The SLPA has 14 tugs ranging from 10T bollard pull to 65T bollard pull. Four tugs
are kept on duty to maneuver ships entering and leaving the harbour. Three dredgers are being maintained
by the SLPA to keep the harbour basin, quays and the entrance channels to the designed depths.
(XIII) General Maintenance
All the maritime structures, roads, buildings, conventional cargo handling equipments and the vehicle fleet
are maintained by the SLPA by direct labour and in workshops owned and administered by the SLPA.
(XIV) Navigation
The navigation division of the SLPA is in charge of Pilotage, berthing, tug services, marine pollution,
navigation aids and the maintenance of depths in the harbour. The channel light buoys, Galbokka light and
Breakwater lights are maintained by the Inspector of Coast Lights who is attached to the Navigation
Division.
(XV) Other Activities within the Port
* Sri Lanka Navy
The Sri Lanka Navy has a complex in the port comprising the SLNS Rangala camp and mooring facilities for
their vessels in the most congested part of the port. The land area occupied by the Navy is 1.0125
hectares.
* Power Plant
A floating power plant of 60 MW capacity augmenting the electrical power supply to Colombo is located in
the North of JCT adjacent to JCT 1 berth.
* Ship Repairs
Dry dock repairs of vessels up to 125,000 DWT. and boat building activities are undertaken by Colombo
Dockyard Ltd at 4 dry docks and 11 repair berths in a 9 hectare block of land North of JCT.
* Cement Packaging
Mahaweli Marine Cement Co. and Samudra Cement Co. have storage and bagging plants in the North of the
port. The total output of cement from the two plants exceeds 1,000,000T for the year 2002.
* Cargo Throughput
The Port of Colombo is by far the most utilized, with an annual tonnage throughput of 31,299,173 M/Tons of
cargo (Dry Cargo 27,700,487 MT & Liquid Cargo 3,598,686 MT) and 2,220,525 Teus in2004. During 2004 a
total of 3,688 vessels called at the Port of Colombo.
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