Hambantota International Port Archives - Page 5 of 10

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 […]

March 20, 2023

Last week, the largest capacity crawler crane in Sri Lanka was unloaded at Hambantota International Port. The crane, with a 750-ton lifting capacity, will be initially used for Hiruras Wind Power Project in Mannar. The German built Liebherr brand crane was being used in Japan and has now been imported to Sri […]

March 7, 2023

-HIP will bring more global industries to operate on Lankan soil Hambantota International Port’s (HIP) industrial park will expand its industrial park’s scope to include 90+ diverse industrialized classes within its dedicated free trade zone. Several new categories have been added, including warehousing & logistics, electrical and electronics, mineral products, automobile manufacturing, […]

February 28, 2023

With India looking very positively at becoming a manufacturing hub for electric vehicles (EV), joint venture partners are looking very closely at Hambantota International Port (HIP) as the key transshipment point for their markets in the east and west of the island. HIP participated in the recently held ‘ET Auto Electric Vehicle […]

February 16, 2023

25 undergraduates from the University of Agder, Norway, who were on a tour for their Bachelor’s program in Development Studies, visited the Hambantota International Port. The tour objectives were to learn about the wide variety of development issues in practice and challenges in terms of Sri Lanka’s development. The undergraduates were taken […]

February 6, 2023

Hambantota International Port (HIP) created another benchmark in cargo handling when it discharged the highest tonnage of clinker, for their client, INSEE, winning them high praise. 18,437MT was discharged per day, from MV Tai Hunter, the highest discharge rate off a clinker vessel within a 24 hour work shift. 53,841MT was discharged […]

February 2, 2023

Cruise ships Artania, Coral Geographer, and The World visited Hambantota International Port (HIP) in January 2023. More than 1000 passengers disembarked to visit popular tourist destinations in the South. Amongst the sights were the Mulkirigala Temple, Ruhuṇu Kataragama Devalaya, Udawalawe National Park, Yala National Park, and the bird park in Hambantota. […]

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

Largest capacity crane in Sri Lanka unloaded at HIP

CEA grants SIEE approval to Hambantota Port Industrial Park

HIP will be a key transshipment port for India’s EV manufacturing hub

Norwegian Undergraduates on a Study Tour at Hambantota International Port

HIP benchmarks win accolades from INSEE

HIP handles 3 cruise ships in January