Increase in ship reconstruction building at Colombo Port
Reconstruction and building of large scale ships and other maritime
vessels inside the Colombo Port have recorded a tremendous increase
during the first 11 months of this year.
Colombo Dockyard Limited (CDL) at the Colombo Port repaired 125
various vessels during the first 11 months of 2006. This has increased
up to 157 during the first 11 months of 2007 marking a percentage of
25.6 per cent.
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Colombo Dockyard Limited (CDL) at the Colombo Port repaired
157 vessels during the first 11 months of 2007. |
CDL has repaired these 157 vessels as 39 general cargo vessels, 37
tankers, 31 fishing trawlers, five dredgers, 20 tug boats, six passenger
vessels, 14 container vessels and four cement carriers.
All these repaired ships and vessels belong to the public and private
sectors of India, Pakistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Singapore, Greece,
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands and Thailand.
Besides these repair activities, CDL has also newly built and handed
over two pilot launches, two fisheries patro vessels and one tug boat
making a total of five new buildings.
Meanwhile, besides general vessel operations, the Port of Colombo has
marked a growth of 48.4 per cent in receiving vessels for repairs and
construction, water and food as well as to obtain bunkering facilities.
During the first 11 months of last year, 62 vessels arrived at the
Colombo Port and in 2007 it increased to 92.
“The efficient and successful implementations of repair and
construction activities of maritime vessels according to international
standards inside the Colombo Port has effected towards the growth of the
arrival of vessels into the Port of Colombo,” a spokesman said.
It is expected to implement the ship repair and constructions at a
wider scale once the Hambantota Port Project is completed. |
