Location
Sri Lanka / Asia Pacific
Project record
Colombo West Container Terminal II Western Breakwater Extension Design
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.
Segment
Deep-water port expansion, breakwaters and reclaimed logistics land
Status
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 / 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.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogSLPA 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.
SourceSLPA 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.
SourceCabinet 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.
SourceSLPA 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.
SourceEvidence 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
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 6
- Notice of award for WCT-II Western Breakwater detailed design Sri Lanka Ports Authority, 4 April 2025
- Port of Colombo land-use optimisation consultancy TOR Sri Lanka Ports Authority, 10 May 2026
- Invitation for expression of interest for WCT-II Western Breakwater detailed design Sri Lanka Ports Authority, 12 October 2023
- Transport Project Preparatory Facility Asian Development Bank, Contract register reviewed 7 August 2026
- Operational Procurement Database Asian Development Bank, Workbook as of 30 June 2026; reviewed 7 August 2026
- Cabinet decision approving the WCT-II design consultancy Cabinet Office of Sri Lanka, 20 January 2025