HIP is adding 5,000 slots for the handling of vehicle transhipment, on top of a current capacity of around 28,000 slots.
Some $8 million is being invested to build an additional 68,000 sq m of parking space which will be located just 55 metres from the berth. The new parking space is expected to be completed in seven months.
The port group said that expected growth from nine large customers who currently use the ro-ro facilities at the port had made expansion “an urgent necessity”.
“As the global economy gradually improves, we expect to see a further increase of our volumes. In order to give confidence to its customers, HIPG will continue to make investments in areas of strategic importance to the long-term development of HIP. This is a continuous process and is done in line with global trends to build capacity ahead of demand,” said Tissa Wickramasinghe, COO of Hambantota International Port Group.
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