Colombo Dockyard signs major shipbuilding contract

To build two cable laying and repair vessels for Orange Marine

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COLOMBO Dockyard PLC (CDPLC), has secured another repeat vessels contract to build two Cable Laying and Repair Vessels to one the prestigious cable ship operators, Orange Marine.

Incidentally this is the largest shipbuilding contract CDPLC has ever signed in the history of the Company.

Orange Marine is a French company specialising in the field of submarine telecommunications, from the initial design, engineering, to installation of intercontinental and regional links, and maintenance of existing cables. The Orange Marine’s fleet is one of the most experienced in the world and represents 12% of the world cableships fleet.

The contract signing was held in Colombo recently and Orange Marine President/ CEO Didier Dillard signed the contracts in the presence of Ships Technical Director Med Marine Base Director Emmanuel Décugis. Also Ambassador Rémi Lambert, Deputy Head of Mission Matthieu John, and Embassy of France Economic Counsellor Philippe Fouet, were present to give their blessings to the project.