Proposed colombo port south harbor development project environmental assessment report prepared by the sri lanka ports authority for the asian development bank adb. A development project proposal can reflect the intentions of the project. M any of the bri branded projects have already been started before 20 but gained momentum under the initiative. The port will be capable of handling 20 million twentyfoot equivalent units teus per year with 11 kilometres km of berths. The construction of hambantota port is one of the major development projects that had been undertaken by sri lanka ports authority. The hambantota port information gathered by marinetraffic includes, wind forecasts and realtime updates for vessels in the port of hambantota. Sustainable ports national association of counties. The summary environmental impact assessment is a document of the borrower. Promoting a free and open indopacific indopacific instead of statedriven deals, opic partners with. The hambantota port development, a china merchants port holdings cmport project on the southeast coast of sri lanka, has stalled at the framework agreement stage, reports sri lankan news first. The sri lankan government has given assurances that the port. The port failed to attract the needed traffic in order to pay back high government debt to china and in late december 2016, president maithripala sirisena announced that the port would be. Sri lankachina hambantota debacle, may now be too big to fail. Detailed information for port of hambantota, lk hba.
On 31 october 2007, sri lanka president mahinda rajapaksa visited hambantota port development project site on an inspection tour. The hambantota port also known as the magampura mahinda rajapaksa port is a maritime port in hambantota, sri lanka. This document is being disclosed to the public in accordance with adbs public. Phase 1 of the hambantota port was completed in december 2011 and has commenced operation since june 2012. Sri lanka ports authority galle port development project yacht marina sri lanka ports authority project profile commercial harbour stage i 5000 dwt breakwater length 20 m quay wall length 330 m. The proposed expansion of the colombo south harbour project the project has been included in adbs pipeline as a firm project for approval in 2006. Especially in the case of a foreign naval ship at the port. As a part of the port development, an artificial island was proposed in addition to other port. Life online mega development projects in hambantota.
Sesar single european sky atm research and development project. Later phases will raise capacity of the port up to 20 million teus per year. Chinas belt and road initiative is being blamed for sri. A practioners perspective sebastian degens port of portland. China funds sri lanka hambantota port development project. Funding for the port was split into three types of loans, all financed by chinese companies. The docksthefuture project aims at defining the vision for the ports of the future in 2030, covering all. The island is located within the boundary of the port development area and has an approximate area of 43 hectares. To minimize these adverse effects tht may be created by port development projects the techniques of environmental impact assessment eia become. However, with the government agreeing to give away 15,000 acres of land in this area for a proposed industrial zone, prevailing environmental issues will be intensified. Many chinesefunded projects in sri lanka have been unsolicited, but hambantota s port is not one of them. Indonesia kupang and bitung port development project.
Hambantota was one such city which made headlines during the previous regime mainly due to its development plans. Constructing a port at hambantota has been part of sri lankas official development plans since at least 2002. The projects under the belt and road initiative bri are mainly related to infrastructure development in the transport, energy, mining, it and communications sector but also cover industrial parks, special economic zones sez, tourism and urban development. The construction of phase 1, which included two breakwaters, navigational channel, turning basin and several quays, started in january 2008 and finished in. This port development work is scheduled to implement in phases. Hambantota deep sea port phase ii ppp reconnecting asia. Hambantota is a rural town in southeastern coastal area of sri lanka. Korea cooperative supporting center for overseas port.
Phase i developments has already been completed while phase ii development is in progress. The hambantota port development project is planned to develop a major industrial and service port on the southeast coast of sri lanka. Ongoing projects hambantota sea port mattala air port commonwealth games village 2018 sooriyawewa botanical garden hambantota city center. The ports authority, as a body corporate was constituted under the provisions of the sri lanka ports authority act, no 51 of 1979 as amended by act, no 07 of 1984 and act, no 35 of 1984, was established on 1st august 1979. Two important facts about sri lankas biggest economic development project ever are that the hambantota project begins in thailand, where the construction of kra shipping canal that would revolutionise international maritime trade as. Pdf hydraulic study of artificial island for hambantota. Hambantota is the selected site for a new international port, the port of hambantota. The hambantota port project is a project to develop a major industrial and service port with an attached industrial zone in the port of hambantota and it is currently expected that the project will comprise of three phases. Hambantota port development project stalled youtube. Port of hambantota page 3 figure 11 ports in sri lanka 1. The granting of tax concessions for the hambantota port development project is a oneoff measure, he said adding that very generous incentives, or very low taxes would not be able attract high levels of fdi. Hambantota port holds the key to sri lankas golden era.
Hambantota is a port town located in southern sri lanka. List of landowners and leases for port development project. In 2015, apia port handled about 25,000 twentyfoot equivalent units teu, 54 fishing vessels, and 15 cruise. The project is at the framework agreement stage with no progress newsfirst. Project description the colombo port expansion project provides for dredging and breakwater construction sufficient to accommodate three terminals, which will be constructed sequentially. When completed, it is claimed it will be the biggest port constructed on land to date in the 21st century. It is also the capital of the hambantota district in the southern province of sri lanka. A port development project is a huge, risky and irreversible investment with a longterm return period. The project comprises the construction of stage 1 of the port of hambantota as a services and industrial port on the southern coast of sri lanka. It has long shown location potential, only for specific localized geophysical features to render it unsuitable for development.
The first phase of the hambantota port development project commenced in 2008 and it became operational in november 2010. The hambantota port declared open the sunday leader. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or. Port development in sri lanka towards a maritime and. Hambantota port deal opens up a new era for china sri lanka cooperation. The first phase of the port was opened on 18 november 2010, with the first ceremonial berthing of the naval ship jetliner to use the port facilities. Other experts, including a japanese consortium, have explored the concept of developing hambantota port, only to conclude that it remains technically difficult to. Environmental assessment report asian development bank. Expansion projects are ongoing at port of colombo to increase the. China sri lanka strategic hambantota port deal introduction.
Hambantota port development project phase i commenced in 2008 and it became operational in november 2010. Information about port of hambantota lkhba departures and expected arrivals. The port of hambantota will serve ships travelling along the eastwest shipping route which passes six to ten nautical miles 19 km south of hambantota. According to the report, the chinese ambassador yi xianliang said no progress when questioned yesterday, october 1, on the completion dates of the project. Port of hambantota lk hba details departures, expected. Commission department responsible for eu policy on development and delivering. The first phase of the port project will provide bunkering, ship repair, ship building, and crew change facilities.
The development project also includes an artificial island, built with the excavated material from phase ii of hambantota port. Port of the future concepts, topics and projects docks the future. A guidebook for eia of port development united nations. The sunday leader took to the streets of hambantota in an attempt to gain insight into the feelings of the local populace on the current projects. Ports are a vital source of economic development for the counties in which they are located depending on their size. Hambantota port is the selected site for a development project for building a new international seaport to be named magampura mahinda rajapaksa port. The hambantota sea port project will greatly accelerate economic development in sri lankas southern province, the hambatota sea port project. Waterfront port development zone building heights portland, me. This is a great way to connect with one another especially if the development project proposal content is aligned with the advocacy that all the stakeholders of the project would like to champion. It is scheduled to be built in three phases, with the first phase due to be completed by the end of 2010 at a. How the chinabacked hambantota port project is changing.
Report and recommendation of the president to the board of. Port of hambantota is the latest major port development project embarked on by the slpa. As the two ports under this project are located in east nussa tenggara and north sulawesi provinces which belong to relatively underdeveloped eastern. Multilateral development banks typically offer loans at rates closer to 2 or 3 percent, and sometimes even closer to zero. As a part of the port development, an artificial island was proposed in addition to other port components in phase ii. Approximately 240 kms from colombo, hambantota is in the midst of transformation into a strategic port and commercial centre, undergoing extensive infrastructure development.
Hambantota, sri lanka every time sri lankas president, mahinda rajapaksa, turned to his chinese allies for loans and assistance with an ambitious port project, the answer was yes. Consequently hambantota was selected as an alternative location for a major port. It is now prudent and timely to prepare a master plan for the urban development of the hambantota district in view of the expected development in the area to ensure a planned urban development with regional structure and master plan for key growth centres, a cabinet memorandum submitted by the minister of youth affairs, project management. Pdf icon port infrastructuregrantprogramnofo06182019.
Phase i of this project began in 2007 and was completed in 2010. Telematics implementation rollout of reference files. Hambantota is located at the southern end of sri lanka. With several projects such as the magampura ruhuna mahinda rajapaksa port and the mattala international airport ongoing in hambantota, it is expected that development will flow into the region. Business strategies and activities that meet the current and future needs of the port and its stakeholders, while. The entire project is expected to be completed in 15 years in four phases. President addressed the gathering and greeted the chinese engineers who are involved in the construction. Hambantota sri lanka cruise port schedule cruisemapper. Master plan for hambantota in the works sunday observer. Hence, the final decision making is very challenging. This phase comprised construction of the basic port and other facilities, such as ship building, bunkering, ship repairing and crew changing.
Mattala rajapaksa formerly hambantota international airport. On the chessboard of regional power politics, 2017 appoint a port regulator and deploy its local personnel to carry out overall port security, immigration and emigration activities, and customs handling. Final port planning and investment toolkit staging. China exim bank loans additional 147 million usd for the. Hambantota s port did not appear overnight, but resulted from a series of sri lankan government decisions.