Colombo Dockyard Limited established in 1974 has evolved to become one of the largest engineering concerns in Sri Lanka. Colombo Dockyard PLC is engaged in ship building, ship repairing, offshore engineering, and heavy engineering. Conveniently located in the Colombo harbor, it ensures quicker deliveries and lower costs. This ISO 9001-2000 certified company has a technical collaboration with Onomichi Dockyard Company Limited, Japan.
Colombo Dockyard Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding in Colombo Dockyard started in 1974 with the construction of barges, speedboats, and tug boats. Within a span of 30 years it has transformed itself into a full fledged ship-building enterprise building both steel hull and aluminum hull vessels. The Steel Hull Vessels include 10 ton Harbor Tug, 65 ton Bollard Pull Berthing Tug, 29M Landing Craft, 150 passenger vessels, and Steel Pilot Launch.
The Aluminum Hull vessels include 40M Offshore Patrol Vessels, 40M Fisheries Protection Vessel, 30M Crew Boat, Fast Landing craft, Ultra fast Craft, Fire fighting Vessels, and Coastal Surveillance Vessels.
Ship Repairing in Colombo Dockyard
Colombo Dockyard has four dry-docks capable of repairing ships from 9,000 to 125,000 dead weight tons (DWT). Through its capable and experienced workforce this company repairs all classes of ships including passenger liners, bulk carriers, oil tankers, barges, container ships, and research vessels. The repairs include overhauling, shot blasting, stern seals
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overhauling, anode replacement, checking and correcting rudder alignment, tail-end shaft withdrawal, high pressure water jet cleaning, magnetic particle and ultrasonic X-ray testing and the like.
Colombo Dockyard Heavy Engineering
Heavy Engineering is one of the recent avenues of interest of Colombo Dockyard plc. The projects undertaken by this Sinhalese corporation can be classified into:
- Heavy Steel Structures - This includes fabrication and setting up of steel bridges, installation of container loaders and transtainers, and installation of heavy irrigation structures like cement mortars and pipes.
- Petro Chemical Installations - Colombo Dockyard sets up LPG, and oil storage tanks, piping systems, and provides support services for the same. The Republic of Maldives, and SHELL are prestigious clients of Colombo Dockyard.
- Power Station Installation - Installation of power stations of hydro, thermal and alternate varieties is another specialized activity of this enterprise. It undertakes installation of generators, fuel storage systems, piping jobs, and repair and maintenance of all of these.
Colombo Dockyard Limited with its superior performance strives to achieve sustainable growth in a socially responsible way. The contact address of the corporate office of this company is : Colombo Dockyard PLC, P. Box 906, Port of Colombo, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka.
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