Congestion builds up at Colombo Port

Colombo Port is experiencing substantial truckload service problems as a result of large-scale gasoline stockouts in Sri Lanka, the latest symptom of the island nation’s deteriorating economic woes. Because Colombo is the main transhipment centre for South Asia, this might put even more strain on container lines that are already experiencing record-low schedule reliability. Due to a vehicle shortage, Colombo terminals are experiencing major container backlogs. With fewer container trucks and extremely high transit charges, everything is just so difficult, according to a shipping representative. Truck deployments have been drastically reduced by container transport service providers, affecting Colombo’s inter-terminal transfers, which are vital for transhipment loads. “The truck shortage is already leading to containers missing scheduled vessel connections,” the liner official noted. Long queues of vehicles outside fuel stations are a common sight across Sri Lanka, currently seeing scorching heat.