Colombo Dockyard Explained
| Colombo Dockyard PLC |
| Type: | Public |
| Hq Location City: | Colombo |
| Hq Location Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Revenue: | LKR9,211 million |
| Revenue Year: | 2021 |
| Operating Income: | LKR318 million |
| Income Year: | 2021 |
| Net Income: | LKR171 million |
| Net Income Year: | 2021 |
| Assets: | LKR24,081 million |
| Assets Year: | 2021 |
| Equity: | LKR7,399 million |
| Equity Year: | 2021 |
| Parent: | Onomichi Dockyard Company Ltd |
| Num Employees: | 3,000 |
| Num Employees Year: | 2021 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) is a ship building company in Sri Lanka and it is based in Colombo. It has built both military and civilian vessels for both local and overseas clients.
History
Colombo Dockyard, established its operations in 1974 and is one of Sri Lanka's engineering facilities in the business of ship repair, ship building, heavy engineering and offshore engineering. It is situated within the Port of Colombo, thus having the benefits of a deep water harbor.[2]
Facilities and operation
Colombo Dockyard operates four graving drydocks, the largest one with a capacity of as well as repair berth facilities. It is accredited with the ISO 9001-2015 quality certification by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance.[3]
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.[4]
In 2020 the Colombo Dockyard built Eco bulk carriers for Norwegian Misje Eco Bulk company, Misje subsidiary of Kåre Misje & Co.[5] Colombo Dockyard also built Buoy Tender Vessels to sell to ports of Iraq through Toyota Tsusho Corporation of Japan. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) helped with this project.[6]
Known ship classes built
The following ships were known to be made by CD:[7]
- Jayasagara-class patrol craft[8]
- Fisheries Protection Vessel
- Colombo class[9]
- 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[10]
- VARD 7 85m OPV[11]
Customers
Military clients
International clients
Notes and References
- Web site: Annual Report 2021 . cse.lk . Colombo Dockyard PLC . 19 June 2022.
- http://www.slpa.lk Port of Colombo
- Web site: COLOMBO DOCKYARD AWARDED ISO 9001: 2015 CERTIFICATIONS BY LLOYD'S REGISTER QUALITY ASSURANCE (LRQA), UK.. Colombo Dockyard. cdl.lk. 25 November 2017.
- Web site: COLOMBO DOCKYARD PLC - EDB Sri Lanka. 2022-02-22. www.srilankabusiness.com.
- News: 2020-08-18. Colombo Dockyard to build six Eco bulk carriers for Norwegian firm - Adaderana Biz English Sri Lanka Business News. en-US. Adaderana Biz English Sri Lanka Business News. 2020-11-14.
- Web site: 2020-07-24. Colombo Dockyard PLC Launches the Buoy Tender Vessel Being Built For General Company for Ports of Iraq through Toyota Tsusho Corporation of Japan. 2020-11-14. Adaderana Biz English Sri Lanka Business News. en-US.
- http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/123/1459/94831%20_1.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
- Web site: SLNS 'Jayasagara' decommissioned. Daily News. 2023-04-26.
- Web site: Navy obtains Ultra Fast Attack Craft from Dockyard Ltd.. island.lk . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20031119223114/https://island.lk/2000/09/10/news02.html . 19 November 2003 . dead. Shamindra Ferdinando.
- Web site: VARD designs new cable lay vessel for Kokusai Cable Ship Co. Ltd in Japan - VARD. www.vard.com. 2019-03-19.
- Web site: Colombo Dockyard to get US$180mn Sri Lanka patrol vessel deal. www.economynext.com. en. 2019-03-19.
