Colombo Dockyard moves full steam ahead

Last year was an extremely busy one for Colombo Dockyard Limited (CDL) while 2007 is set to be even busier, having executed many prestigious shipbuilding and ship repair contracts against stiff international competition for both export and domestic markets, the company said.

Picture shows construction of a Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel for Greatship (India) Ltd in progress at CDL’s Building drydock.

“All these new orders are mainly, results of CDL’s good track record, having established a favourable reputation for building and delivering vessels of the best quality at competitive prices and attractive delivery times,” it said in a statement this week.

CDL in 2006 successfully constructed and delivered the balance seven aluminium hull Fast Boats out of an order for 10 boats to a local client. Equipped with sophisticated machinery/equipment and propelled by water jets, these boats can reach speeds in excess of 53 knots. CDL has been the principal supplier of these type of boats to this client over the past three decades.

In addition to these boats, one 58 Ton Bollard Pull Tug Boat out of a three boat order, was also delivered to the client A. A. Turki Corporation (ATCO) of Saudi Arabia during the last quarter of 2006.

The second and third Tug Boats are scheduled to be delivered within the first quarter of 2007.

CDL is currently building two large size ocean going Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTSV) with a 80 Ton Bollard Pull capacity for Greatship (India) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of one of India’s largest private sector shipping companies, the Great Eastern Shipping Company, who are in the business of providing offshore oil field services catering to the oil and gas E&P domain.

This year marks the deliveries of a 35 m Fisheries Protection Craft and a 40 m Fisheries Protection Vessel for the Maldives National Defence Force of the Republic of Maldives. The Republic of Maldives has been a market that CDL exploited in the late nineteen eighties and CDL has been able to sustain this market through our relentless efforts of cooperation.