Last year the Colombo Port handled a container volume of 4.908 million TEUs. Colombo Port, consisting of three container terminals, is expected to boost volume 5 to 10 percent this year over 2014.

It has been reported that 3,854 container vessels have come to Colombo Harbor during this year, compared to the 3,742 arrived last year.

Colombo Port has emerged as a growing transshipment hub capable of handling the increasing number of mega-ships vessels with capacities of 10,000 TEUs and up. CMA CGM Marco Polo, one of the world's largest container ships with a capacity of 16,020 TEUs arrived in Colombo in late September.