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.
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.
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 the Colombo Dockyard built Eco bulk carriers for Norwegian Misje Eco Bulk company, Misje subsidiary of Kåre Misje & Co. 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.
Known ship classes built
The following ships were known to be made by CD:
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 VARD 7 85m OPV
Customers
Military clients
Sri Lanka Coast Guard
Maldivian Coast Guard
International clients
Bourbon
Columbia Shipmanagement (Singapore) Dredging Corporation of India Dredging International Eurobulk GOL Offshore The Greatship Group Hyundai Engineering & Construction Kotoku Kaiun Maersk Mercator Safety Management Overseas Shipping Corporation of India Pakistan National Shipping Corporation Sinochem Shipping Tanker Pacific Thome Tide Water Titan Fleet Management Van Oord