Oluvil Harbour

The Oluvil Harbour is a commercial and fishery harbour located in Ampara District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The port was opened on 1 September 2013, its construction having begun in 2008 under the Nagenahira Navodaya programme.

Oluvil Harbour
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Location
CountrySri Lanka
LocationOluvil, Ampara District
Coordinates07°16′30″N 81°52′00″E
UN/LOCODELKOLU[1]
Details
OpenedSeptember 1, 2013[2]
Operated bySri Lanka Ports Authority
Type of harbourCommercial & Fishery
Size of harbour16 ha (40 acres)[3]
Land area165 ha (410 acres)[4]
Statistics
Website
http://www.slpa.lk/

It covers a land area of 60 ha (148 acres) in the first stage and 105 ha (259 acres) in the second stage. The harbour basin covers an area of 16 ha (40 acres) of the sea and spreads 1.2 km (1 mi) along the coast line. Simultaneously, the commercial harbour has enough depth to handle ships up to 5,000 metric tons and the fishery harbour can hold more than 250 fishing boats.[5]

The Port Authority, Naval Ministry and the Ministry of Fisheries launched a project to upgrade the harbour to accommodate larger fishing vessels in 2015.[6]

References
  1. "UNLOCODE (LK) - SRI LANKA". service.unece.org. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. Oluvil harbour opens on September 1
  3. Development of Port in Oluvil Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. New Oluvil harbour opens today
  5. Rs. 7 b Oluvil Harbour finally opens
  6. "Oluvil Harbour to be upgraded". www.news.lk. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
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