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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 […]

June 9, 2023

The Hambantota International Port (HIP) will be entering the tourism mix of Indian cruise ships with an agreement of 13 ship calls to the port between June and September this year. “We are positioning the port to several categories of cruise ships from luxury liners to all inclusive, budget and low budget […]

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 […]

May 4, 2023

The Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) officially handed over the recently completed “Hope Village” to the villagers of Kandagasmankada in Lunugamwehera of the Hambantota district. The flagship community sustainability project which includes 4 centres for community, health, agriculture and sports was inaugurated by the Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, with […]

April 20, 2023

The Hambantota International Port (HIP) handled over 900 units of the latest BMWs transshipped from the Port of Koper – Slovenia to the Port of Pyeongtaek in South Korea last week. While usual traffic for transshipment at HIP is in the East to West direction, this operation proves that there is a […]

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 […]

HIP invests US$ 8 million in new RORO yard

13 Ship calls to HIP from Cordelia Cruises from June to September

Hambantota International Port launches Duty Free Complex

Two Cruise Ships at Hambantota International Port

HIP hands over completed HOPE village Project

HIP Breaks New Ground in RO-RO Transshipment

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