- Colombo Dockyard
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Colombo Dockyard Type Public Industry Shipping Headquarters Colombo, Sri Lanka Products Shipbuilding
Ship Repair
Heavy Engineering
Offshore EngineeringWebsite Official Website Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) is the largest and oldest ship building company in Sri Lanka and is based in Colombo. It has built both military and civilian vessels for both local and overseas clients.
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Overview
Colombo Dockyard established its operations in 1974 and is now Sri Lanka’s largest engineering facility in the business of ship repair, shipbuilding, heavy engineering and offshore engineering. It is situated within the port of Colombo. Besides being located in a convenient geographical location, it also has the benefits of a deep water harbour which provides and ensures quicker turn around times at affordable rates for larger ships.
Colombo Dockyard operates four graving dry-docks, the largest with a capacity of 125,000 metric tons deadweight (DWT) as well as extensive repair berth facilities. Colombo Dockyard is capable of working in compliance with all Classification Society Standards and in strict adherence to international Safety and Quality Standards. It is also accredited with the ISO 9001-2008 Quality Certification by LRQA, UK.
Colombo Dockyard is also expanding its infrastructure facilities, enabling it to build even larger vessels required in the offshore sector,such as Multipurpose Supply Vessels and Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels, as such keeping up with current trends in modern international shipbuilding.
Colombo Dockyard operates in joint collaboration with Onomichi Dockyard Co. Ltd., Japan since 1993.
Classes built
- Jayasagara class patrol craft
- Fisheries Protection Vessel
- Colombo class
- Coastal surveillance vessel
- Fire fighting vessel
- 29 M Landing Craft
- Fast Landing Craft
- 35&40 Meter Fisheries Protection Vessel
- 65 Ton Bollard Pull Tug
- Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (80 Ton Bollard Pull)
- Passenger Vessels (250 Passengers)
- Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessel
- Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (130 Ton Bollard Pull)- Currently under construction
Military clients
International Clients
- Great Ship India, India
- Shipping Corporation of India
- Ofer Ship Holdings, Israel
- Tide Water,USA
- Tanker Pacific Ship Management, Singapore
- Kotoku Kaiun Co. Ltd. Japan
- Dredging Corporation of India, Vizag
- Dredging International,Belgium
- Bourbon Offshore, France
- Van Oord, Holland
- Pratibha Shipping, India
- Mercator Lines Ltd, India
- Great Offshore Ltd.,India
- Columbia Ship Management, Singapore
- Thome Ship Management, Singapore
- Safety Management Overseas S.A,Greece
- Eurobulk Ltd.,Greece
- Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.,Korea
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- Publicly traded companies of Sri Lanka
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