Trincomalee harbour is the second best natural harbour in the world and the available water and land area is about 10 times as much as the Port of Colombo. Trincomalee was tentatively identified to cater for bulk and break bulk cargo and port related industrial activities including heavy industries, tourism and agriculture etc.  At present SLPA is in the process to re-develop Trincomalee as a metropolis growth centre. SLPA has completed zoning plan to utilize the huge amount of existing unutilized land under its judurisition on the out come of the analysis with the other sectors of the development, such as UDA, BOI, and Tourist Board etc. SLPA plans to advertise internationally and locally to call for proposals from potential investors for Industrial Park and Tourism Zone under Trincomalee Port City Development Project. Drafting of the RFP has been assigned to a Project Committee and in the process of calling tenders for the surveying of the SLPA owned lands.

WORKING HOURS

The Port of Trincomalee works on, a 24 hours basis every day of the year except on May Day, with only day light navigation.

CO-ORDINATES

Longitude : 810 13'E
Latitude    : 080 33'N

DEVIATION TIME

From main East-West route - None
From main East-West route - 24 hours

PORT DIMENSIONS

Water                      - 1630 hectares
Entrance channel       - 500 meters
Land Area                 - 5261 hectares

BERTHING FACILITIES
Total Number of Alongside Berths : 03

Location