Port profile · LKHBA
Hambantota
Hambantota is a medium harbour on the Indian Ocean, in Sri Lanka. Its UN/LOCODE is LKHBA. Pilotage is compulsory. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Hambantota
What members see for Hambantota, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Hambantota, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Hambantota right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Hambantota day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Hambantota and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Hambantota offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 362 m
- Beam
- 65 m
- Draft
- 17 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Hambantota, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Fair
- Pilotage available
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
Ports near Hambantota
Other Sri Lanka ports on the same stretch of coast.
- GalleSri Lanka · LKGAL
- ColomboSri Lanka · LKCMB
- TrincomaleeSri Lanka · LKTRR
- KankesanturaiSri Lanka · LKKNK
Questions about Hambantota
What is the UN/LOCODE of Hambantota?
The UN/LOCODE of Hambantota is LKHBA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Hambantota?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Hambantota as compulsory.
What is the largest vessel Hambantota can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 362 m long, 65 m wide, 17 m draft for Hambantota.
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