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Table  3352A (P‚’o., Serv., Trans., Sea)
Port Services (1999 - 2008)
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                         Year              Item 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007   2008(a)
Vessels Arrived 4,339 4,232 4,017 4,062 4,032 3,883 4,139 4,469 4,710 4,806
Colombo (b) 3,968 3,832 3,570 3,787 3,838 3,688 3,929 4,228 4,326 4,424
Galle 97 97 117 76 73 88 114 100 87 60
Trincomalee 274 303 327 199 121 107 96 141 297 322
Cargo Discharged (kt) 17,703 18,843 17,705 18,713 19,959 22,069 24,145 24,038 28,621 30,451
Colombo (b) 15,928 16,381 15,697 16,869 17,830 19,688 21,540 24,085 26,110 28,086
Galle 438 593 661 524 482 581 655 735 626 458
Trincomalee 1,336 1,369 1,347 1,320 1,647 1,800 1,950 2,218 1,884 1,907
Cargo loaded (kt) 9,292 9,192 9,358 9,599 10,541 11,893 13,155 15,623 17,723 20,132
Colombo  8,896 8,841 9,044 9,404 10,368 11,611 12,932 15,342 17,392 19,874
Galle 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0.3 0.5 1.5
Trincomalee 394 347 313 193 173 282 173 280 331 256
Total Cargo Handled (b) (Port of Colombo) (kt) 24,825 25,222 24,741 26,273 28,198 31,299 34,522 39,428 43,502 47,960
Containerised 18,149 18,143 18,373 19,459 21,564 24,542 27,344 31,947 35,934 40,490
Break Bulk  2,269 2,118 1,560 1,648 1,458 1,139 1,123 1,060 1,048 838
Dry Bulk 900 1,188 1,199 1,328 1,611 1,521 2,015 2,188 2,257 2,565
Liquid Bulk  3,507 3,774 3,609 3,837 3,565 4,097 4,040 4,233 4,264 4,068
Container Throughput (Port of Colombo) (TEU) 1,704,389 1,732,860 1,726,606 1,764,694 1,959,336 2,220,525 2,455,297 3,079,085 3,381,242 3,687,338
Domestic 511,618 551,927 531,559 546,197 589,217 689,422 739,252 748,896 803,076 813,271
Transhipment 1,152,928 1,129,892 1,157,893 1,147,762 1,287,469 1,461,435 1,646,501 2,249,500 2,468,661 2,785,422
Re-Stowing 39,843 51,041 37,154 70,735 82,650 69,668 69,544 80,689 109,505 88,645
Revenue  (Rs.Mn) 15,088 14,717 16,387 15,667 16,356 17,861 20,552 23,004 25,913 25,143
Colombo  14,552 14,079 15,624 15,105 15,856 17,263 19,789 22,318 25,296 24,561
Galle 225 320 389 332 314 393 449 465 361 314
Trincomalee 311 318 374 230 186 205 312 221 256 268
Employees 18,930 19,344 18,561 17,910 13,418 13,765 13,527 13,660 13,667 13,715
Colombo  17,075 17,411 16,744 16,157 12,004 12,420 12,217 12,382 12,470 12,548
Galle 777 758 737 752 638 634 622 615 577 553
Trincomalee 1,078 1,175 1,080 1,001 776 711 688 663 620 614
© ‚Q‚O‚P‚OC KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised:  2008(y)/09(m)/20(d)
Source :  Chief Editor:
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Key:      The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
(a) Provisional      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
(b) Including South Asia Gateway Terminal Ltd., that commenced
 Cargo Handling at the QEQ with effect from 5 September 1999.