Editing Transport in Sri Lanka (section)

=== {{anchor|Ports and Harbours}}Ports and harbours ===
==== Colombo Port ====
[[File:ColomboHarbour-SriLanka02.jpg|thumb|alt=Large ships with many multi-coloured containers|Container handling at the Port of Colombo]]
Sri Lanka has deep-water ports at [[Port of Colombo|Colombo]], [[Port of Hambantota|Hambantota]], Galle and Trincomalee. Colombo has the highest cargo volume, with an estimated capacity of 5.7&nbsp;million [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEUs]]. The port began a large-scale expansion project at a cost of US$1.2 billion in 2008 to increase its capacity and capabilities.<ref>{{cite web|title=South harbour to be best hub|url=http://www.slpa.lk/news_events_110.asp|publisher=www.slpa.lk|access-date=27 Oct 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195647/http://www.slpa.lk/news_events_110.asp|archive-date=2013-10-29}}</ref> The project, headed by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority and built by the Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company, was expected to be completed by 11 April 2012. It consists of four new {{convert|1200|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} terminals which can accommodate three berths each, alongside a depth of 18&nbsp;m (59&nbsp;ft) (which can be deepened to 23&nbsp;m [75&nbsp;ft]). The channel width of the harbour will be {{convert|560|m}} and its depth {{convert|20|m}}, with a harbour-basin depth of {{convert|18|m}} and a {{convert|600|m|adj=on}} turning circle. The project was expected to increase the annual container-handling capacity to about 12 million TEUs and accommodate 12,000-TEU container vessels.

==== Hambantota Port ====
Construction of [[Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port]] (also known as the Port of [[Hambantota]]) began in January 2008. It will be Sri Lanka's second-largest port, after Colombo. The port will serve ships travelling along one of the world's busiest [[sea lane]]s: the east-west route running {{convert|6|to|10|nmi}} south of Hambantota. The first phase of the port will consist of two {{convert|600|m|adj=on}} general-purpose berths, a {{convert|310|m|adj=on}} bunkering berth and a {{convert|120|m|adj=on}} small-craft berth.<ref name='slpa-poh'>{{cite web |url=http://www.slpa.lk/port_hambantota.asp?chk=4 |title=Development of Port in Hambantota |access-date=2010-03-10 |work=Sri Lanka Port Authority |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306074012/http://www.slpa.lk/port_hambantota.asp?chk=4 |archive-date=2010-03-06 }}</ref> The port will also contain a bunkering facility and tank farm, which will include eight tanks for marine fuel and three tanks each for aviation fuel and [[liquefied petroleum gas]] (LPG). A 15-floor administrative complex will also be constructed as part of the project. Later phases will raise the port's annual capacity to 20 million TEUs, making it the largest port constructed on land in the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article894229.ece|title=Hambantota port opened|work=THE HINDU|author=B. Muralidhar Reddy|date=2010-11-18|access-date=2010-11-20}}</ref>

==== Dikkowitta Fishery Harbour ====
The Dikkowitta Fishery Harbour, near Colombo in Wattala, [[Gampaha District|Gampaha]], [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]], will cost an estimated $73 million and is projected to be Asia's largest fishing harbour. With unloading and packing facilities meeting the requirements of fish-importing countries (the EU, Japan and the US), it will be an alternative site for the Mutwal fishery harbour.
Facilities will include a southern basin for export-oriented fishing vessels, a northern basin for local fishing vessels, a service facility for boat repairs, cleaning and lifting and a fish-processing facility with three cold rooms.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Harbour / Main Objectives / Main Facilities / Berthing Facility / Servicing Facility / Fish Processing Facility|url=http://www.cfhc.lk/events/dikkovita/|publisher=www.cfhc.lk|access-date=27 Oct 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030014740/http://www.cfhc.lk/events/dikkovita/|archive-date=30 October 2013}}</ref>

==== Kankesanthurai Port ====
The harbour at [[Kankesanturai]], north of Jaffna, is navigable by ships of relatively shallow draught and was inactive during the [[Sri Lankan civil war|civil war]]. The port is being restored and deepened with Indian aid.<ref name="R.K. Radhakrishnan">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2281691.ece|title=India, Sri Lanka MoU to re-build port|work=THE HINDU|author=R.K. Radhakrishnan|date=2011-07-21|access-date=2011-07-27}}</ref>