Undergraduates and professors from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
in Germany visited the Hambantota International Port recently to learn
about the operations and contributions of the port. The students were
Geography majors and were keen to have an in-depth understanding on how
HIP could contribute to the emerging needs of the maritime industry and
were enthusiastic about the prominence HIPG gives to gender balance.
A presentation was made by the Deputy General Manager of CNM (Commercial
and Marketing), Mr. Ravindra Perera on the port’s activities. The
students raised several questions which were answered by the HIP team.
The students were also briefed on the port development plans to invite
both local and foreign investors to start new projects and the current
constructions of the luxury Yacht building plant, the fertiliser
warehouse facility and the tyre manufacturing plant. The delegation had
15 students and 2 professors.
