Colombo, Apr 17 (UNI) China's Sinopec Fuel Oil Sales Co. Limited (SFO) was awarded a tender to operate a bunker oil tank farm in the Hambantota International Port (HIP) in southern Sri Lanka.
Bunkering, being an important part of the marine services portfolio offered by HIP, the oil tank terminal in partnership with Sinopec will provide high grades of marine fuels compliant with the IMO 2020 Low Sulphur Rule as well as other ancillary facilities to marine liners calling and passing through Hambantota.
"The partnership with Sinopec, who are one of the largest providers of bunkers worldwide, underlines our goal of becoming a bunkering hub for the entire region. Plans are already in the pipeline to expand our tank capacity in the near future," says Ray Ren, CEO of Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG), adding that HIP intends taking maximum advantage of its location, just 10 nautical miles from the main sea route connecting east and west, on which more than 31,000 vessels ply each year, Colombo page reported.