Many ships repaired inside Colombo Port

Reconstruction and building of large scale ships and other maritime vessels inside the Colombo Port have seen a tremendous increase during the first 11 months of 2007.

Colombo Dockyard Limited (CDL) located in the Colombo Port had repaired 157 various types of vessels during this period against 125 in the same 2006 period.

All these repaired ships and vessels belong to the public and private sectors of India, Pakistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Singapore, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands and Thailand, CDL said.

Besides these repair activities during the period, CDL has newly built and handed over two Pilot Launches, two Fisheries Patro Vessels and one Tug Boat making a total of five new vessels.

CDL is also expected to implement ship repair and construction on a wider scale once the Hambantota Port Project is completed.