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	Table  3352 (Pｒo., Serv., Trans., Sea)
	Total tonnage of cargo handled  (1998 - 2004, 2009-2010)
	pro3352e						( x1000 ton )
												Growth Rate %
Port	Year             Item	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004		2009	2010 (a)	2009	2010 (a)
Total container traffic (TEUs '000) (b)										3,464	4,137	-6.0	19.4
Transshipment container (TEUs '000) (b)										2,712	3,205	-2.6	18.2
Colombo	Total cargo handled	24,793	24,825	25,222	24,741	26,273	28,198	31,299		46,373	58,768	-3.3	26.7
	Dry cargo discharged	12,632	12,538	12,729	12,168	13,097	14,266	15,629
	Dry cargo loaded	8,968	8,780	8,720	8,964	9,347	10,367	11,573
	Liquid cargo discharged	3,024	3,391	3,652	3,529	3,772	3,564	4,059
	Liquid cargo loaded	169	116	121	80	57	1	38
	Vessels arrived (No.)									4,114	3,910	-7.0	-5.0
	Employment (No.)									12,263	11,747	-2.3	-4.2
Trincomalee	Total cargo handled	1,652	1,730	1,716	1,656	1,564	1,820	2,082		2,238	2,154	3.5	-3.8
	Dry and Liquid cargo discharged	1,319	1,336	1,369	1,346	1,371	1,647	180
	Dry cargo loaded	333	394	347	313	193	173	282
	Vessels arrived (No.)									310	109	-3.7	-64.8
	Employment (No.)									591	601	-3.7	1.7
Galle	Total cargo handled	402	439	597	662	526	482	581		167	318	-63.6	90.4
	Dry and Liquid cargo discharged	402	438	593	661	524	482	581
	Dry cargo loaded	…	1	4	1	2	…	…
	Vessels arrived (No.)									32	48	-52.9	50.0
	Employment (No.)									513	480	-7.2	-6.4
© ２０11， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)			Revised:  2011(y)/07(m)/31(d)
Source :			Chief Editor:
Sri Lanka Ports Authority			Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Key;			The Head, Department of Management Studies
(a) Provisonal			University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
(b) TEUs = Twnety-foot equivalent container units