Ministry of Ports and Highways (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Ports and Shipping

Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	19 Chaithya Road, Colombo 6°56′17.40″N 79°50′37.30″E / 6.9381667°N 79.8436944°E / 6.9381667; 79.8436944Coordinates: 6°56′17.40″N 79°50′37.30″E / 6.9381667°N 79.8436944°E / 6.9381667; 79.8436944
Annual budget	Rs. 0.3 billion (2017, recurrent) Rs. 2 billion (2017, capital)
Minister responsible	Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Ports and Shipping
Deputy Minister responsible	Nishantha Muthuhettigama, Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping
Ministry executive	L. P. Jayampathy, Secretary
Child agencies	Ceylon Shipping Corporation Limited Merchant Shipping Secretariat Shipping and Aviation Information and Research (Private) Limited Sri Lanka Ports Authority
Website	portmin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Ports and Shipping is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for ports and shipping. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on ports and shipping and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Ports and Shipping and Deputy Minister of Ports and Shipping are Mahinda Samarasinghe and Nishantha Muthuhettigama respectively. The ministry's secretary is L. P. Jayampathy.

The Minister of Ports and Shipping is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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