Sri Lanka, Feb. 26 -- The Port of Colombo kicked off 2026 with robust performance metrics, driven by a significant expansion in its core transshipment business and the successful scaling of new deep-water terminal capacity.

According to the latest performance review, the transshipment volumes at the port grew by a commanding 14.9 percent in January 2026, reaching 604,173 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), compared to the 525,768 TEUs recorded in the same month last year. This segment continues to be the lifeblood of the port's operations, consistently accounting for 80 percent of Colombo's total container throughput.

This transshipment boom catalysed a broader operational uplift, with the port's overall container throughput swelling ...