Sri Lanka, April 29 -- Foreign Ministry delegation with HIPG COO Tissa Wickremasinghe and HIPG officials

The Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry organised a visit for ambassador designates to the Hambantota International Port (HIP).

Sri Lankan ambassadors designated to eight countries were taken on a guided tour of the HIP and followed a structured familiarisation course on the port's current activities and future plans.

"With the beginning of container operations last month, the HIP is now a fully-fledged port, operating in five silos. We have become an important port of call for all aspects of port activities, offering significant competitive advantage in the region.

While transshipment and bunkering taking the lead, in terms of quayside act...