The Ministry of Highways, Ports and Shipping was a 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 expressway and their transport services.

It was created in 1960, at the Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet as the Ministry of Nationalised Services, Shipping & Transport.

Then it was renamed as the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Food & Shipping at the First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet.

In the Kumaratunge cabinet (2000) the ports section was included in the Ministry of Ports Development & Development of the South, the highways section was included in the Ministry of Highways, the shipping section was included in the Ministry of Internal & International Trade Commerce, Muslim Religious Affairs & Shipping Development.

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