March 28, 2022
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5min
        The newly appointed BOI Chairman Raja Edirisuriya toured the Hambantota International Port (HIP) earlier this month.  His visit was to address the port’s concerns and to be briefed on services offered by HIP.  The chairman’s delegation, which included the Director General and Directors of the BOI, were given an overview of […]

March 25, 2022
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2min
        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.        

March 21, 2022
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4min
        Defence Attachés (DAs) representing several countries made a recent tour of the port to familiarise themselves with the port’s activities. Some of them showed interest in directing their country’s naval vessels to Hambantota International Port (HIP) for replenishment and for husbandry services while operating in the region.  The visiting group represented […]

March 14, 2022
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1min
Two Indian naval vessels visited the Hambantota International Port (HIP) for replenishments and husbandry services. The ships which arrived on the 9th were berthed at HIP for 2 days. In past years naval vessels from Japan, Indonesia, Russia and USA have called at the port of Hambantota.

February 17, 2022
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2min
      The Hambantota International Port Emergency Response Unit (ERU) together with the port’s Quality, Health, Safety & Environment Dept. (QHSE), and Port Control, responded to a fire that occurred on board the drillship “West Polaris,” on Tuesday, 15th evening.  The ship’s crew had alerted Port Control for assistance in dousing the sudden fire […]


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