Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping

Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping
Agency overview
Formed	1960
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Nationalised Services, Shipping & Transport; Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping; Ministry of Irrigation, Power & Highways; Ministry of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism; Ministry of Ports & Shipping; Ministry of Transport & Highways;
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Minister responsible	Mahinda Rajapaksa, the President of the Democratic Socialist republic of Sri Lanka.;
Agency executive	R.W.R.Pemasiri;
Website	http://www.mohsl.gov.lk/

The Ministry of Highways,Ports and Shipping is the Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for the governance,implementation,creation and development of Ports including Colombo, Galle and Trincomalee ports, Highways including Southern expressway, Colombo Outer Circular expressway, Katunayake exprssway and their transport services.

History

It was created in 1960, at the Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet as the Ministry of Nationalised Services, Shipping & Transport.It included most of the subjects of the current ministry. Then it was renamed as the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping at the First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet. The section Highways was included in the Ministry of Irrigation, Power & Highways in both, Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet and Jayewardene cabinet. In the Jayewardene Cabinet, the section Shipping was included in the Ministry of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism. In the Premadasa cabinet The sections Ports and Shipping were included in the Ministry of Ports & Shipping and the Ministry of Trade & Shipping and the section Highways was included in the Ministry of Transport & Highways. In the Kumaratunge cabinet (2000) the section of Ports was included in the Ministry of Ports Development & Development of the South,the section Highways was included in the Ministry of Highways,the section of Shipping was included in the Ministry of Internal & International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs & Shipping Development. The section of Highways and into some distance the section of Shipping too included in Ministry of Transport, Highways & Aviation of Ranil Wickramasinghe cabinet. The section Highways was included in the Ministry of Highways & Road Development and the sections Ports and Shipping were included in the Ministry of Ports & Aviation in the First Mahinda Rajapaksha cabinet.

The original name Ministry of Highways, Ports and Shipping was created in Second Mahinda Rajapaksha cabinet in 2010.

Officials

Minister of Ports and Highways(Cabinet)— the President of the Democratic Socialist republic of Sri Lanka, Hon.Mr.Mahinda Rajapaksha.
Project Minister of Ports and Highways — Nirmala Kotalawala MP
Project Minister of Ports and Highways — Rohitha AbeygunawardenaMP
Permanent Secretary — R.W.R.Pemasiri.^[1]

Current and past ministers

Parties

Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

Name		Party	Tenure	Head(s) of Government		Ministerial title
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Montague Jayawickrama	United National Party	23 March 1960 - 1960 July	!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Dudley Senanayake	Minister of Nationalised Services, Shipping & Transport
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	T. B. Ilangaratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 July 1960 - 1965	!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Maithripala Senanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	31 May 1970 - 1977	!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Minister of Irrigation, Power & Highways
!align="centre" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Gamini Dissanayake	United National Party	23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989	!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Junius Richard Jayewardene	Minister of Irrigation, Power & Highways
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Wimala Kannangara	United National Party	23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989	!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Junius Richard Jayewardene	Minister of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Alick Aluvihare	United National Party	14 March 1991 - 1 May 1993	!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Ranasinghe Premadasa	Minister of Ports & Shipping
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Rupasena Karunatilake	United National Party		!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|		Minister of Ports & Shipping
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Abdul Razak Munsoor	United National Party	18 February 1989 - May 1993	!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|		Minister of Trade & Shipping
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Wijayapala Mendis	United National Party	1989 - 1993	!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|		Minister of Transport & Highways
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Ronnie de Mel	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001	!align="centre" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Chandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Ports Development & Development of the South
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	A. H. M.Fowzie	Sri Lanka Freedom Party		!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|		Minister of Highways
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Rauff Hakeem	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress		!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|		Minister of Internal & International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs & Shipping Development
!align="centre" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Gamini Athukorala	United National Party	19 December 2001 - 31 December 2001	!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|		Minister of Transport, Highways & Aviation
!align="centre" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|		United National Party	1 January 2002 - 7 February 2004	!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|		Minister of Transport, Highways & Aviation
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Mahinda Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 April 2004 - 19 November 2005	!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|		Minister of Highways
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Jeyaraj Fernandopulle	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 April 2004 - 6 April 2008	!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Mahinda Rajapaksa	Minister of Highways & Road Development
!align="centre" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Mangala Samaraweera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 April 2004 - 9 February 2007	!align="centre" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|		Minister of Ports & Aviation Services
!align="centre" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Mahinda Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010 – 09 January 2015	!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|		Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Kabir Hashim	United National Party	12 January 2015 – Present	!align="centre" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"\|	Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion

Duties and Functions

Formulation of policies programmes and projects in regard to the subjects of Ports, Highways and Expressways and all subjects that come under the purview of the ministry.
Direction of the implementation of such policies, programmes and projects within time lines agreed with the national planning authorities and within budgeted resources, with a view to achieving relevant objectives.
Provision of all public services that come under the purview of the Ministry in an efficient and people friendly manner.
Reforming of all systems and procedures to ensure the conduct of business in an efficient manner deploying modern management techniques and technology where applicable while eliminating corruption and waste
Provision and Maintenance in optimum condition of a high quality network of national highways and other principal road
Implementation of the Maga Neguma Rural Road Development Programme
Improvement of clear co-ordination process to cover all road project implementing agencies for an integration development and monitoring collection of road user charges in respect of National Policy
Formulation of Programmes and Projects based on National Policy in respect of Provincial and Local Authority roads and co-ordination and monitoring of such programs and projects
Road Development activities connected to Kottawa, Kaduwela and Kadawatha Township Development Project
Development and Administration of ports and harbours, light houses and beacons, oil installation other than those belong to Admiralty
Arbitration of disputes between shipping Service providers and users
Establish rules of competition for shipping Services
Assist and ensure consultation between shipping service providers and users
Receiving of Wrecks and Ocean salvages
Administration of Shipping Development Fund
Freight and shipping Services
Coastwise passenger traffic^[2]

Departments

Departments, with their heads As of 2014^[update]:

Road Development Authority and its Subsidiaries and Associates, headed by Director General, W.A.S. Weerasinghe^[3]
Road Development Fund
Sri Lanka Ports Authority and its Subsidiaries and Associates, headed by chairman, Priyath B. Wickrama^[4]
Ceylon Shipping Corporation Ltd and its Subsidiaries and Associates, headed by chairman, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage^[5]
Director General's Office of Merchant Shipping, headed by Director General, A W Seneviratne^[6]

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References

External links

[1] ttp://www.mohsl.gov.lk/web/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=76&lang=en

[2] ttp://www.mohsl.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=34&lang=en

[3] ttp://www.rda.gov.lk/source/contact_Mgt.htm

[4] ttp://www.slpa.lk/board_of_directors.asp?chk=1

[5] ttp://www.cscl.lk/management_3.htm

[6] ttp://www.dgshipping.gov.lk/web/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=77&lang=en

[7] ttp://www.mohsl.gov.lk/web/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=34&lang=en

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