The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), operating in close coordination with the Western Naval Command of the Sri Lanka Navy, initiated enhanced harbor safety and maritime escort protocols at the Port of Colombo today, September 26, 2026.

Faced with gale-force coastal squalls and 3-meter sea swells outside the main breakwater, SLPA harbor pilots and naval fast-response units safely guided incoming container liners and assisted distressed deep-sea fishing trawlers into protected inner anchorages. Following recent collaborative offshore search-and-rescue operations that safely brought 25 crew members ashore, port engineers confirmed that all container quays, pilotage vessels, and emergency deballasting stations remain fully operational under continuous marine traffic management.