Hambantota International Port Archives

September 7, 2023

A Thai embassy sponsored delegation looking for business opportunities in Sri Lanka, visited the Hambantota International Port (HIP) last week. The main focus of the visit was to identify potential investment opportunities at the port, for investors from Thailand. Thai companies represented amongst the group were Peerapat Technology, Forward Management Services, CO2 […]

August 31, 2023

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The Hambantota International Port (HIP), in a bid to expand its marine services, has deployed 2 additional boats to their existing fleet that’s available for hire by local service providers engaged in offering crew changes, bunker and draft surveying, a platform for technical support in Underwater inspections, Underwater and afloat repairs, propeller […]

July 26, 2023

The Hambantota International Port (HIP) has increased its bunker supplies nearly six times more than their 2022 volumes in the current year. As of June 2023, the port completed over 500,000 metric tons of oil and gas throughput, successfully achieving the target set for the first half of the year. With MV […]

July 17, 2023

2618 tourists arrived at the Hambantota International Port (HIP) in June, on board the MV Empress of Cordelia Cruises. The cruise liner, which made 4 calls at HIP within the month, carries tourists from the Chennai Port on scheduled tours. The ship calls at 4 ports in Sri Lanka i.e. Hambantota, Trincomalee, […]

June 20, 2023

With more RORO ships calling at the Hambantota International Port (HIP), the port will be adding a further 5000 slots to accommodate transshipment vehicles. HIP, which currently has the capacity to accommodate approximately 28,000 units, services nine main shipping lines who actively use the port for transshipment of RORO cargo. With […]

May 19, 2023

May 19, 2023: Two thousand two hundred passengers arrived at the Hambantota International Port (HIP) yesterday, on board cruise liner, Mein Schiff 5. The vessel is on a 60 day cruise from Hong Kong to Heraklion in Greece, visiting several ports in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Oman, […]

May 15, 2023

The Hambantota International Port (HIP) launched its Duty Free Complex with the opening of 2 duty free shops within the port’s premises. The complex is designed to grow the duty-free business catering to the vessels calling HIP. The first two operators to set up at HIP’s duty free complex are Royale Electronics […]

May 10, 2023

Two cruise ships, MS Europa 2 and MS Azamara Quest visited Hambantota International Port (HIP) on Tuesday (9th). More than 900 passengers disembarked to visit popular tourist destinations in the South. Amongst the sights were the Yala National Park, Udawalawe National Park, Bundala National Park, Kataragama Devalaya and the Mulkirigala Temple. The […]

April 25, 2023

The highest ranking official from the China Merchants Group (CMG) visited the Hambantota International Port on an inspection tour of the facility last week. Chairman Miao Jianmin was welcomed by Johnson Liu, CEO of Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) and staff of the port. CMG is the parent company of CMPort which […]

April 17, 2023

Fasmin Jayah, Accounts Assistant and Henry Liu, Executive, Commercial and Marketing of Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) were judged Avurudu Kumari and Avurudu Kumaraya at the Sinhala and Tamil new year festivities at the port this year. The Hambantota International Port (HIP) Avurudu celebrations were held in traditional style, at the port […]

Thai Business Delegation at Hambantota International Port

Two new boats added to HIP’s Marine Services fleet

HIP sets new record for 2023 Oil & Gas throughput

The highest number of Cruise liner calls at HIP in June

HIP invests US$ 8 million in new RORO yard

Over Two Thousand tourists on Cruise Liner at HIP

Hambantota International Port launches Duty Free Complex

Two Cruise Ships at Hambantota International Port

China Merchants Group Chairman visits HIP

Avurudu Ulela at Hambantota International Port