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Colombo Port Throughput 2025
Total container handling at Colombo Port terminals
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No spot quote for Sri Lanka rupee; bond yields steady
ECONOMYNEXT – Adani Ports-controlled Colombo West International Terminal (CWIT) is a vision of the future. Its quayside cranes that move containers between ships and trucks and yard cranes, which stack them up six high temporarily, are operated remotely from its main building. Data from crane-mounted cameras and sensors are used by teams, including young women not normally known to be employed as longshoremen, to manoeuvre containers between ships, trucks and yards using joysticks. Indian Adani Port’s CWIT unit is growing at a record pace, handling 1 million twenty-foot containers (TEUs) in just a year since commencing and with just eight quayside cranes, as civil works to complete the terminal continue. At full capacity, Colombo’s newest and most technologically advanced port terminal expects to employ 250 people, up from 172 now. “We can then handle 3.5 million containers a year,” says Iresh Siriwardena, CWIT’s chief operating officer. With two other private sector-built and operated container terminals, SAGT and Chinese-owned CICT, and three state-owned ones, Jaya, East Container Terminal, and Unity, Colombo handled 8.2 million containers in 2025, making it a global top 25 seaport by volume (Chart 1). Record Container Volume Number of twenty-foot equivalent containers handled (TEU, Mn) It’s long been contended by the state that Sri Lanka’s maritime industry punches above its weight. Colombo port handles 0.8% of global container traffic, while Sri Lanka’s share of global trade is less than a tenth of that, at 0.05%. Major hub seaports to the east and west of Sri Lanka; Dubai at (2.3%) and Singapore at (4.5%) handle a much larger share of containers (Chart 2). Sri Lanka is no manufacturing superpower, but it is a major hub for transshipment. Punching above its weight Share of global container traffic and trade Shifting economic geography During the 1980s and 1990s, container seaport rankings were dominated by the likes of Singapore, Hong Kong, Rotterdam, and Kobe. It was only in 1996 that Colombo port’s container terminal, at the time, the state-controlled Jaya Container Terminal or JCT, achieved the 1 million TEU milestone. Japan funded JCT’s first phase, which was completed in 1985. China became the world’s factory during the 1990s, and the export success of East Asian Tiger economies led to growth at ports like Singapore and Southeast Asian ones like those in Malaysia. The UN Trade and Development Organisation ranked Sri Lanka 20th globally for shipp...
Sri Lanka rupee depreciates, bond yields seesaw
Sri Lanka’s rupee opened weaker at 309.75/310.20 to the US dollar in the spot market Monday, depreciating sharply from 309.20/25 on Friday, dealers said, while bond yields opened higher on Middle East tension, but renewed buying interest kicked in at elevated levels driving recovery.A bond maturing on 15.12.2028 was quoted at 9.15/20 percent.A bond maturing on 15.12.2029 was quoted at 9.55/60 percent, up from 9.40/44 percent.A bond maturing on 15.03.2031 was quoted at 9.75/80 percent, up from 9.65/70 percent.A bond maturing on 01.10.2032 was quoted at 10.20/22 percent, up from 10.09/10 percent.A bond maturing on 01.06.2033 was quoted at 10.45/55 percent, up from 10.33/35 percent.The telegraphic transfer rates for the American dollar were 305.7500 buying, 312.7500 selling; the British pound was 408.9449 buying, and 420.3925 selling, and the euro was 355.2917 buying, 366.8129 selling.
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Source: (economynext) https://economynext.com/no-spot-quote-for-sri-lanka-rupee-bond-yields-steady-271743/ Sri Lanka stocks close flat on Friday, capital goods lead turnover Sri Lanka's Colombo Stock Exchange closed flat on Friday, CSE data showed, with the benchmark All Share Price Index moving up a marginal 0.03 percent.
Sri Lanka Rupee Bonds Hit By Fresh Foreign Selloff -
Sri Lanka rupee bonds saw over US$4 million in foreign outflows as currency pressure, inflation fears and Middle East tensions weigh on investors. Sri Lanka rupee bonds saw foreign investors sell more than US$4 million worth of government securities in the week ending May 7, Central Bank data showed.
