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The Port of
Colombo
(known as Port of Kolomtota during the early 14th Century Kotte Kingdom) is the largest and busiest port in Sri
Lanka. Located in Colombo, on the southwestern shores on the Kelani River, it serves as an important terminal in Asia due to its strategic location in the Indian Ocean. During the 1980s, the port underwent rapid modernization with the installation of Cranes, Gantries and other modern-day terminal requirements.
Colombo is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the city proper. It is the financial centre of the island and a popular tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura
Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka and Dehiwala-Mount
Lavinia.
The great majority of Sri Lankan corporations have their head offices in Colombo including Aitken Spence, Ceylinco Corporation, Stassen group of companies, John Keells Holdings,
Cargills, Hemas Holdings, and Akbar Brothers. Some of the industries include chemicals, textiles, glass,
cement, leather goods, furniture, and jewellery. In the city centre is the World Trade Centre. The Colombo Metropolitan area has a GDP of $48 billion or 40% of the GDP, making it the most important aspect of the Sri Lankan economy.
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority was created in 1980. The harbour underwent a major transformation to handle containerised cargo in the early 1980s, with two being built by the end of the 1980s and three more in the early 1990s. Due to this, and its strategic location amidst trade routes, the port became more attractive to main line shipping than any other port in the region.
Colombo
is not hydrogen ready as we write, hence clean fleet operators
will have to seek alternative handling facilities to comply
with the IMO's
2040 target.
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LEG
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NAUTICAL
MILES
|
BUNKERING
|
WAYPOINT
|
SUNSHINE
DAYS
|
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
-
|
FILL
UP
|
Gibraltar
|
00.00
|
|
1
|
729
|
-
|
Tenerife,
Canary Islands
|
1.90
|
|
2
|
3,154
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-
|
Trinidad,
Port of Spain
|
8.21
|
|
3
|
1,182
|
1
|
Panama
City
|
3.00
|
|
4
|
970
|
-
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Galapagos
|
2.45
|
|
5
|
3,640
|
-
|
Tahiti
|
9.48
|
|
6
|
1,423
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-
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Tonga,
Nukualofa
|
3.71
|
|
7
|
410
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-
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Fiji,
Suva
|
1.07
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|
8
|
1,886
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1
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Port
Moresby PNG
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4.91
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|
9
|
340
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-
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Thursday
Island, Cape York
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0.88
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|
10
|
724
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-
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Darwin
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1.89
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|
11
|
1,572
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-
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Jakarta,
Indonesia
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4.09
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|
12
|
1,881
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-
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Colombo,
Sri Lanka
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4.90
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|
13
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2,109
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1
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Aden,
Yemen
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5.49
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14
|
698
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-
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Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
|
1.82
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|
15
|
670
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-
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Port
Said, Egypt
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1.75
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|
16
|
1,111
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-
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Palermo,
Sicily
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2.89
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|
17
|
170
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-
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Naples,
Italy
|
0.44
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|
18
|
940
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Gibraltar
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2.45
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- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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- |
23,609
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-
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RUNTIME
DAYS @ 12.5kts
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78.70
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- |
-
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(ADD
3 DAYS)
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RUNTIME
DAYS @ 13kts
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75.67
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- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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-
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-
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(ADD
4 DAYS) |
14
KNOTS AVE INC
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70.26
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- |
- |
- |
AT
15 KNOTS AVE
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65.58
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-
|
-
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- |
AT
16 KNOTS AVE
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61.48
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13TH
LEG - At
a speed of 13 knots the thirteenth leg of the hydrogen
powered zero
carbon voyage
would take nearly seven days to complete, free of emissions.
The demonstration of ZEWT
technology in action, could help speed up the transition to
non polluting waterborne
transport. These projections are only a guide. Many of the
ports of call could be bypassed completely to give us a
shorter passage.
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LEG
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NAUTICAL
MILES
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BUNKERING
|
WAYPOINT
|
SUNSHINE
DAYS
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-
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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
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-
|
-
|
FILL
UP
|
Gibraltar
|
00.00
|
|
1
|
729
|
-
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Tenerife,
Canary Islands
|
1.90
|
|
2
|
3,154
|
-
|
Trinidad,
Port of Spain
|
8.21
|
|
3
|
1,182
|
1
|
Panama
City
|
3.00
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|
4
|
970
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-
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Galapagos
|
2.45
|
|
5
|
3,640
|
-
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Tahiti
|
9.48
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|
6
|
1,423
|
-
|
Tonga,
Nukualofa
|
3.71
|
|
7
|
410
|
-
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Fiji,
Suva
|
1.07
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|
8
|
1,886
|
1
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Port
Moresby PNG
|
4.91
|
|
9
|
340
|
-
|
Thursday
Island, Cape York
|
0.88
|
|
10
|
724
|
-
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Darwin
|
1.89
|
|
11
|
1,572
|
-
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Jakarta,
Indonesia
|
4.09
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|
12
|
1,881
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-
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Colombo,
Sri Lanka
|
4.90
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|
13
|
2,109
|
1
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Aden,
Yemen
|
5.49
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|
14
|
698
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-
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Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
|
1.82
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|
15
|
670
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-
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Port
Said, Egypt
|
1.75
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|
16
|
1,111
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-
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Palermo,
Sicily
|
2.89
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|
17
|
170
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-
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Naples,
Italy
|
0.44
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|
18
|
940
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Gibraltar
|
2.45
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|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
-
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23,609
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-
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RUNTIME
DAYS @ 12.5kts
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78.70
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-
|
-
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(ADD
3 DAYS)
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RUNTIME
DAYS @ 13kts
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75.67
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
|
-
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(ADD
4 DAYS)
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14
KNOTS AVE INC
|
70.26
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-
|
-
|
-
|
AT
15 KNOTS AVE
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65.58
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|
-
|
-
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-
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AT
16 KNOTS AVE
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61.48
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