The newly constructed Oluvil
commercial port and fisheries harbour along with the ice manufacturing plant
constructed in Oluvil, the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka ceremoniously opened by President
Mahinda Rajapaksa on 01st September 2013.
The Oluvil
harbor development project constructed at the cost of Rs. 7 billion and contractions
was started in 2008 under the Nagenahira Navodaya program.
The port is with two separate basins, one is for commercial activities
and one is for the fishing industry.
And the Commercial Harbour has enough depth to handle ships up to 5,000 metric
tons and the Fisheries Harbour can hold more than 250 fishing boats at the same
time.
The
commercial port comprises 330m of quay with a water depth of 8 meters, and the
fishing port comprises 200m of quay with a water depth of 3m, according to the
company.
The
breakwater of the two harbors is 1475m long. New jetty of the Fishing Port is
260m and the jetty of the Commercial Port is 390m.
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