Colombo Dockyard

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.

Colombo Dockyard PLC
TypePublic limited company
CSE: DOCK.N0000
IndustryHeavy industry/Shipbuilding
FoundedAugust 1, 1974 (1974-08-01)
Headquarters
Port of Colombo, Colombo 15
,
Sri Lanka
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Hideaki Tanaka (Chairman)[1][2]
D.V.Abeysinghe (CEO)[3][2]
T. Nakabe (Director)[2]
K. Kanaya (Director)[2]
ProductsPatrol Boats, Landing crafts, Merchant vessels, Platform supply vessels, Tugboats
ServicesShipbuilding, Ship repair, Engineering, Defence, Materials sales
Revenue Rs 10.145 billion (2019)[2]
Rs 107 million (2019)[2]
Rs −1.937 billion (2019)[2]
Total assets Rs 14.626 billion (2019)[2]
Total equity Rs 7.8 billion (2019)[2]
OwnerOnomichi Dockyard Co., Ltd., Japan (51%)
Employees' Provident Fund (16.34%)
Sri Lanka Insurance (10%)
Number of employees
 3,110 (2019)[2]
ParentOnomichi Dockyard Co., Ltd., Japan
SubsidiariesDockyard General Engineering Services
Ceylon Shipping Agency
Websitecdl.lk

History

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, thus having the benefits of a deep water harbour.[4]

Facilities and operation
Greatship Anjali built by Colombo Dockyard
Lakshadweep built by Colombo Dockyard

Colombo Dockyard operates four graving drydocks, the largest with a capacity of 125,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT) as well as extensive repair berth facilities. It is accredited with the ISO 9001-2015 quality certification by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance.[5]

Colombo Dockyard has operated in joint collaboration with Onomichi Dockyard Japan since 1993- the collaboration's twenty year anniversary was celebrated on March 26, 2013.

In 2020 Colombo Dockyard build Eco bulk carriers for Norwegian Misje Eco Bulk company, Misje subsidiary of Kåre Misje & Co.[6] Colombo Dockyard build Buoy Tender Vessel sell to ports of Iraq through Toyota Tsusho Corporation of Japan. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) help this project.[7]

Known ship classes built

The following were known to be made by CD:[8]

  • 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)
  • Passenger Vessels (400 Passengers)
  • Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessel
  • Fast Patrol Vessel
  • Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (130 Ton Bollard Pull)
  • VARD 9-01 111.3m Undersea Cable Laying Vessel[9]
  • VARD 7 85m OPV[10]

Customers

Military clients

International clients

References
  1. Colombo Dockyard. "Mr. Hideaki Tanaka - Colombo Dockyard PLC". Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  2. "Colombo Dockyard 2019 Annual Report" (PDF). Colombo Dockyard. pp. 5, 16, 44. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  3. Colombo Dockyard. "D.V.Abeysinghe - Colombo Dockyard PLC". Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  4. Port of Colombo
  5. "COLOMBO DOCKYARD AWARDED ISO 9001: 2015 CERTIFICATIONS BY LLOYD'S REGISTER QUALITY ASSURANCE (LRQA), UK". Colombo Dockyard. cdl.lk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. "Colombo Dockyard to build six Eco bulk carriers for Norwegian firm - Adaderana Biz English | Sri Lanka Business News". Adaderana Biz English | Sri Lanka Business News. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  7. "Colombo Dockyard PLC Launches the Buoy Tender Vessel Being Built For General Company for Ports of Iraq through Toyota Tsusho Corporation of Japan". Adaderana Biz English | Sri Lanka Business News. 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  8. http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/123/1459/94831%20_1.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
  9. "VARD designs new cable lay vessel for Kokusai Cable Ship Co. Ltd in Japan - VARD". www.vard.com. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  10. "Colombo Dockyard to get US$180mn Sri Lanka patrol vessel deal". www.economynext.com. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
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