The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 7 March 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Sri Lanka Ports Authority Terminals Operations (Q.304/2024)

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Bimal Rathnayake tabled a detailed answer on Port of Colombo operations, providing terminal-wise data from 2015 to 2024 on ship calls, container throughput, operational profits, efficiency indicators, general cargo volumes, projections, and Sri Lanka’s global container-handling ranking. The figures show total container handling rising to 7.79 million TEUs in 2024, with major contributions from CICT, SAGT and SLPA-operated terminals, while SLPA operational profits increased substantially over the period, reaching Rs. 36.3 billion in 2023 after a higher figure in 2022. Further supporting tables, including efficiency and projection data, were tabled for the House.

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¶ 01 Answer tabled:

¶ 02 (a) (i) Number of ship calls by terminal (2015–2024): - JCT: 2015: 1,495; 2016: 1,349; 2017: 1,277; 2018: 1,250; 2019: 1,220; 2020: 1,132; 2021: 1,104; 2022: 1,131; 2023: 1,247; 2024: 1,130 - ECT: 2019: 26; 2020: 181; 2021: 169; 2022: 261; 2023: 198; 2024: — - UCT: 2015: 121; 2016: 111; 2017: 75; 2018: 92; 2019: 135; 2020–2024: — - SAGT: 2015: 1,026; 2016: 1,073; 2017: 1,152; 2018: 1,016; 2019: 956; 2020: 857; 2021: 1,000; 2022: 937; 2023–2024: — - CICT: 2015: 1,001; 2016: 1,257; 2017: 1,258; 2018: 1,245; 2019: 1,233; 2020: 1,102; 2021: —; 2022: 1,369; 2023: 1,248; 2024: — - Total Port of Colombo: 2015: 3,643; 2016: 3,804; 2017: 3,683; 2018: 3,739; 2019: 3,604; 2020: 3,281; 2021: —; 2022: 3,890; 2023: 3,521

¶ 03 (ii) Containers handled (TEUs): - JCT: 2015: 2,138,007; 2016: 2,001,812; 2017: 1,948,737; 2018: 2,213,572; 2019: 2,158,972; 2020: 1,976,138; 2021: 1,808,115; 2022: 1,579,136; 2023: 1,460,466; 2024: 1,913,445 - UCT: 2015: 114,316; 2016: 98,305; 2017: 61,965; 2018: 90,962; 2019: 123,646; 2020: 29,925; 2021: 150; 2022: 585; 2023: 9,124; 2024: 3,086 - ECT: 2020: 41,471; 2021: 390,069; 2022: 346,714; 2023: 495,541; 2024: 406,631 - SAGT: 2015: 1,371,245; 2016: 1,632,207; 2017: 1,809,835; 2018: 2,066,758; 2019: 2,052,153; 2020: 1,872,052; 2021: 1,838,693; 2022: 1,752,236; 2023: 1,763,863; 2024: 2,025,840 - CICT: 2015: 1,561,899; 2016: 2,002,599; 2017: 2,388,531; 2018: 2,676,194; 2019: 2,893,566; 2020: 2,884,906; 2021: 3,212,331; 2022: 3,184,053; 2023: 3,220,218; 2024: 3,353,067 - Port of Colombo Total: 2015: 5,185,467; 2016: 5,734,923; 2017: 6,209,068; 2018: 7,047,486; 2019: 7,228,337; 2020: 6,854,762; 2021: 7,249,358; 2022: 6,862,184; 2023: 6,949,912; 2024: 7,792,069

¶ 04 (iii) Operational profits: - Sri Lanka Ports Authority (financial year Jan–Dec): - 2015: LKR 9,179,602,488 - 2016: LKR 14,334,066,922 - 2017: LKR 14,394,984,263 - 2018: LKR 20,143,491,068 - 2019: LKR 14,509,281,626 - 2020: LKR 20,529,162,841 - 2021: LKR 24,865,590,147 - 2022: LKR 47,496,760,820 - 2023: LKR 36,329,649,543 - South Asia Gateway Terminals (financial year Apr–Mar): figures in LKR: - 2015 (to 31 Mar 2015): 31,738,852 - 2016: 28,055,589 - 2017: 31,507,056 - 2018: 40,337,310 - 2019: 39,689,100 - 2020: 38,214,101 - 2021: 30,988,098 - 2022: 43,226,177 - 2023: 51,062,806 - 2024 (to 31 Mar 2024): 43,534,504 - Colombo International Container Terminals (financial year Jan–Dec): figures in USD: - 2015: 30,056,262.11 - 2016: 44,765,648.05 - 2017: 65,700,044.31 - 2018: 73,262,258.85 - 2019: 75,511,439.34 - 2020: 75,356,486.84 - 2021: 89,051,278.07 - 2022: 91,924,484.82 - 2023: 87,752,890.92

¶ 05 (iv) SLPA profit vs. total profit (illustrative years): - 2015: Total profit LKR 35,128,354,069; SLPA operational profit LKR 9,179,602,488; balance LKR 14,168,555,873 (other contributions/adjustments) - 2021: Total profit LKR 45,454,580,320; SLPA operational profit LKR 24,865,590,147; balance LKR 20,695,251,889 - 2022: Total profit LKR 68,696,429,000; SLPA operational profit LKR 47,496,760,820; balance LKR 42,319,195,558 - 2023: Total profit LKR 63,261,171,026; SLPA operational profit LKR 36,329,649,543; balance LKR 19,940,065,689

¶ 06 (v) Terminal efficiency (containers handled per hour) — details tabled.

¶ 07 (b) Further details on total containers and general cargo (tonnes) 2020–2024, projections for next ten years, and Sri Lanka’s world ranking in container handling over past five years are tabled.

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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 March 2025. No. 1743066559006904. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17896