Project record

Colombo West Container Terminal II Western Breakwater Extension Design

Participation
Not assessed
Project facts checked

Dohwa-led detailed-design contract awarded in April 2025; SLPA's May 2026 planning document confirms the engineering study but leaves financing, construction procurement and field start open

Project sources

Sri Lanka Ports Authority has commissioned the detailed design for the Western Breakwater extension that would enable West Container Terminal II north of the operating Colombo West terminal. The April 2025 award names Dohwa Engineering as lead partner, YUKSEL PROJE as JV partner, GreenTech Consultants and Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau as sub-consultants, with a 24-month contract priced in USD and Sri Lankan rupees. SLPA's May 2026 planning document describes an approximately 2.5-kilometre breakwater extension, a minimum 1,400-metre berth at 20-metre depth, about 70 hectares of reclaimed logistics land and a deep-water LNG interface, while stating that project launch still depends on financing.

Port of Colombo planning map showing Colombo WCT-II and the Western Breakwater extension development area circled in red west of the existing port

Sri Lanka Ports Authority; WCT-II planning concept published in May 2026, not an issued-for-construction drawing

Location

Sri Lanka / Asia Pacific

Segment

Deep-water port expansion, breakwaters and reclaimed logistics land

Phase

Design / Confirmed

Last checked

7 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Deep-water port expansion, breakwaters and reclaimed logistics land is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
Sri Lanka Ports Authority, with the consultancy financed through Asian Development Bank Loan 3425 under the Transport Project Preparatory Facility
Delivery parties
Dohwa Engineering Co., Ltd. - lead partner for detailed design, YUKSEL PROJE A.S. - joint-venture partner, GreenTech Consultants (Pvt.) Ltd. - sub-consultant, Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau - sub-consultant, No WCT-II construction contractor, terminal concessionaire or lower-tier marine works supplier is confirmed
Contract route
SLPA issued an EOI in October 2023 under ADB consultant selection, invited the RFP on 14 June 2024 and published the negotiated award on 4 April 2025. The owner notice records three technically qualified financial proposals and selects the Dohwa-led team. Future financing and physical delivery require separate decisions and procurement.
Execution window
The consultancy carries a 24-month duration, but SLPA has not published a service commencement or completion date. Its May 2026 land-use TOR says an interim design report had been expected in the fourth quarter of 2025 and a final report in the first quarter of 2026, without confirming either deliverable as accepted. Construction timing remains unawarded and unfunded.
Works package
Detailed engineering for extending Colombo's Western Breakwater and the WCT-I quay wall northward to enable WCT-II. The current SLPA planning envelope describes approximately 2.5 kilometres of breakwater, at least 1,400 metres of container berth at 20-metre depth, roughly 70 hectares of reclaimed logistics land and a deep-water LNG handling facility. These are planning parameters, not awarded construction quantities.
Marine interfaces
Breakwater alignment, wave protection, reclamation, berth geometry, turning areas, approach depths, relocated pipelines and outfalls, LNG access, CWIT interfaces and future North Port geometry must be reconciled before physical procurement. The 2026 SLPA concept drawing is a planning map, not an issued-for-construction drawing or as-built record.
Commercial evidence boundary
The SLPA award notice states USD 4,269,400 plus LKR 186,883,600 for the consultancy. ADB's project page expresses the same award as USD 4,900,379.81 total and USD 4,893,426.98 ADB-financed. These are different currency presentations of the design contract and must not be added together or confused with a WCT-II construction budget. ADB's downloadable procurement workbook separately reports 4,838,878.118 as its financed amount without a currency field; that unreconciled export value is a source discrepancy, not another award.

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Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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SLPA kept financing and project launch outside the design award

The owner restated the approximately 2.5 km breakwater, minimum 1,400 m berth, 20 m depth, LNG facility and 70 ha reclamation envelope, while saying the project must still secure financing before launch.

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SLPA disclosed the complete detailed-design team and price

Dohwa was named lead partner, YUKSEL PROJE JV partner, and GreenTech plus CECB sub-consultants under a 24-month USD 4.2694 million plus LKR 186.8836 million consultancy.

Source

Cabinet approved the Dohwa selection

The decision records 20 expressions of interest, seven pre-qualified applicants, five detailed proposals and three technically compliant financial proposals before award approval.

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SLPA opened the detailed-design selection

The EOI established WCT-II as a future terminal north of WCT-I enabled by extensions of the Western Breakwater and quay wall.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Accepted interim and final detailed-design reports
  • Reconciled breakwater alignment, length and design section
  • Environmental and social approvals
  • Financing approval and funding structure
  • Construction procurement or terminal concession route
  • Breakwater armour, core, quarry and marine-plant requirements
  • Dredging, reclamation and 20-metre berth-depth quantities
  • Pipeline, outfall and LNG-interface relocations
  • Relationship to CWIT operations and quay extension
  • Construction contractor, supervision consultant and lower-tier packages
  • Notice to proceed, mobilisation and baseline hydrography

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Reporting status

Project phase
Design
Evidence confidence
Confirmed
Last checked
7 August 2026
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