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Karadiyawara Mangalyaya - Filling of sea water to the harbour basin of the Hambantota Port | Sundayobserver - Supplement

Tank farm to service Indian Ocean traffic

The tank farm project and administrative building at Hambantota Port would be some of the key features of the Hambantota Port development project.

The bunkering facility and tank farm project will consist of 14 tanks that will offer a total capacity of 80,000mt. Eight tanks will be used for bunkering while the other six will be utilised, three each, for aviation fuel and as LPG tanks. The project will cost US$ 76,581,774 and China Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Corporation Works would be the contractor.

The tank farm will include two 10,000 mt tanks, which will hold a combined 20,000 mt of aviation fuel and three tanks to store 7,000 mt of LPG. The rest of the tank farm will include tanks of various sizes, which will hold a total of over 55,000 mt of bunker fuel.

Currently, the only onshore bunker fuel terminal in the country, at Port Colombo, consists of 12 tanks that can hold a combined 33,000 mt of bunker fuel. The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has allocated the storage space equally among the island nation's eight licensed bunker suppliers.

The facilities will be constructed enabling independent operations, with separate loading arms and pipeline system which connects the oil and gas jetty. The construction of the jetties has already commenced under the Hambantota Port Project.

The developments in the harbour system augurs well for the country's international trade in the future.

The Hambantota Port will initially provide refuelling and bunkering services for the ships crossing the busy sea route just a few nautical miles South of Sri Lanka.

There would be many opportunities to develop various port-centred businesses including shipbuilding, ship repairing and bunkering.

The 15-level administrative building being built at the site for the Hambantota Port includes a rooftop and would be the Southern Provinces tallest building.

This engineering marvel designed by Tanya and Suren Wickremasinghe Architects will have a floor area of 75,000sq ft and a height of 200ft.

Being a mega development project implemented in Sri Lanka, the Hambantota Port Development Project is fully supervised and inspected by the engineers of the SLPA, enabling the SLPA to make huge savings that would have been spent if the project had been handed over to foreign experts for supervision and inspection.

The project has been implemented with a total construction cost of US$ 360 million of which 85 percent will be granted by the Ex-Im Bank of China. The balance will be invested by the SLPA.

Hambantota is the nearest point to the main shipping route that connects the East and West.

As the Port of Colombo is reaching its maximum capacity for all types of cargo including bulk, break bulk, roro, oil and gas and container, another suitable and efficient port with all facilities is needed to cater to the increasing demand for maritime transportation and customer services.

The availability of land and less restrictions in the planning therefore, have enabled the Hambantota Port Project to be built as an internal port which is more cost effective than offshore constructions.

Due to the natural depth along the coastline, there exists no need for a lengthier approach channel. The land in the area also stands suitable for a number of port-related industries and services.

The Hambantota Port Development Project will be constructed especially enabling the handling of 100,000DWT vessels. It will have an approach channel 210 metres wide and 17 metres deep.

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