Port · Sri Lanka
Port of Colombo
The Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka is an actively tracked Evergreen discharge port on bexy, with 3,127 tracked arrivals, most often from China, Netherlands and Germany.
- Arrivals
- 3,127
- Departures
- 0
- Median planned port-to-port
- —
- Top origins
- 6
Location
- UN/LOCODE
- LKCMB
- Coordinates
- 6.92° N, 79.85° E
- position in the UN/LOCODE list, to the nearest minute
- Time zone
- Asia/Colombo
Code from the UNECE UN/LOCODE list (release 2024-2), matched by bexy to the city and country in Evergreen's record. A port spans many berths: a position stands for the port or its city, not a terminal.
About the Port of Colombo
Cargo bound for Colombo is most often loaded at Qingdao, Shanghai, Xingang and Xiamen. Actual transit to Colombo, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 17 days (middle half 15–19 days, 90% within 23 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Colombo, across 163 shipments with a recorded discharge at Colombo. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 77% of the arrivals.
Track an Evergreen (EGLV) shipment through Colombo by its Bill of Lading or container number on bexy for the vessel, voyage, port milestones and container status — free, with no account needed.
Arrivals at Colombo
| Origin country | Shipments |
|---|---|
| China [CN] | 2,880 |
| Netherlands [NL] | 74 |
| Germany [DE] | 65 |
| France [FR] | 32 |
| Belgium[BE] | 20 |
| Ireland[IE] | 13 |
| Port of loading | Shipments | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Port of Qingdao [CN] | 1,266 | Qingdao → Colombo |
| Port of Shanghai [CN] | 1,134 | Shanghai → Colombo |
| Port of Xingang [CN] | 378 | — |
| Port of Xiamen [CN] | 96 | — |
| Port of Rotterdam [NL] | 83 | — |
| Port of Hamburg [DE] | 64 | — |
| Median | 17 days |
|---|---|
| Middle half (P25–P75) | 15–19 days |
| 90% within (P90) | 23 days |
| Shipments with a recorded discharge | 163 |
From the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Colombo, as Evergreen's container events record it — actual dates, not estimates, for only the shipments whose discharge is on record. Volume-weighted across the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 77% of the arrivals.
Recent shipments bound for Colombo
- EGSU2355557 · Qingdao → Colombo
- EMCU5927744 · Qingdao → Colombo
- EMCU1645450 · Qingdao → Colombo
- EGHU3295320 · Qingdao → Colombo2×
- EGSU1894575 · Qingdao → Colombo
- EGSU6498561 · Qingdao → Colombo
- OTPU6212862 · Qingdao → Colombo
- EMCU5751249 · Qingdao → Colombo
- EMCU5915260 · Qingdao → Colombo
- EMCU5538681 · Qingdao → Colombo
- TLLU1190473 · Qingdao → Colombo
- EGSU5041502 · Qingdao → Colombo
Frequently asked questions
- Where is the Port of Colombo?
- The Port of Colombo is a container shipping port in Sri Lanka. bexy tracks 3,127 shipment legs moving through it.
- Where does cargo arriving at the Port of Colombo come from?
- Cargo discharged at Colombo most often comes from China, Netherlands, Germany and France, loaded mainly at Qingdao, Shanghai, Xingang and Xiamen. Origins are the place-of-receipt countries on the Evergreen (EGLV) Bills of Lading tracked on bexy.
- How long does shipping to Colombo actually take?
- Actual transit to Colombo, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 17 days (middle half 15–19 days, 90% within 23 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Colombo, across 163 shipments with a recorded discharge at Colombo. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 77% of the arrivals. These are actual dates from the carrier's container events, not estimates, port to port, and any inland leg after discharge adds time. They cover only shipments whose discharge at Colombo is on record: for most Bills of Lading bexy first reads the record after the container has been returned empty, when the discharge is no longer shown.
- How busy is the Port of Colombo?
- bexy tracks 0 export and 3,127 import shipment legs at Colombo. These are the Evergreen (EGLV) shipments on record, not the port's total throughput.
- How do I track a shipment to the Port of Colombo?
- Enter the Evergreen (EGLV) Bill of Lading or container number on bexy to follow the vessel, voyage and each container from departure to arrival — free, with no login.
3,127 shipments arriving
Port of Colombo · filterable by lane, date & weight
Nearby ports
Up to 5 port pages on bexy with a known position within 500 km, nearest first, measured as the crow flies, not by sea.
Aggregated from 3,127 tracked shipment legs · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.
Cite this page
bexy, "Port of Colombo — Shipments & Routes", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 3,127 tracked shipment legs. https://bexy.io/ports/colomboDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.