Port profile · LKCMB
Colombo
Colombo is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Laccadive Sea, in Sri Lanka. Its UN/LOCODE is LKCMB. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Colombo offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Colombo offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 400 m
- Beam
- 61.5 m
- Draft
- 16 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Colombo, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Colombo
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Questions about Colombo
What is the UN/LOCODE of Colombo?
The UN/LOCODE of Colombo is LKCMB.
Is pilotage compulsory in Colombo?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Colombo as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Colombo?
Yes. Colombo offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Colombo have a dry dock?
Yes. Colombo has a medium dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Colombo can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 400 m long, 61.5 m wide, 16 m draft for Colombo.
Is Colombo a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Colombo.
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