News / Supply chain congestion builds at Colombo port as economic crisis heats up

With transport companies in Sri Lanka hit hard by large-scale fuel stockouts – in the latest sign of a worsening economic crisis facing the island nation – Colombo Port is facing major truckload service disruptions.

This could put further pressure on container lines already experiencing record-low schedule reliability as Colombo is the key transhipment hub for South Asia.

“Colombo terminals are seeing serious container build-ups due to the shortage of trucks,” a shipping line official in Colombo told The Loadstar.

“Everything is just so ...