Colombo Dockyard charts new course

COLOMBO Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) is charting a course toward calmer waters after navigating a prolonged period of turbulence.

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During these challenging times, the Ship Repair Sector played a pivotal role in sustaining the organisation by ensuring steady cash flow to support all business units. True to the saying, “Hard times create strong men”, the Ship Repair Sector successfully established itself in several new market segments that value quality, safety, timely delivery, and technical competence—all while delivering superior financial returns.

These new segments not only enhance profitability but also address a longstanding challenge: ensuring consistent dock utilisation. With this progress, Colombo Dockyard is well-positioned for a more stable and promising journey ahead.

Shipbuilding at Colombo Dockyard always concentrates for compact specialised vessels with number of machineries. These are high value assets demand precision and high quality. Hence every few shipyards dare to serve in such niche segments. One of such segments where the Shipbuilding sector of Colombo dockyard had marked its position at top is the Cable Ship Segment.

In 2019, Colombo Dockyard delivered its first cable-laying vessel, “KDDI Cable Infinity”, to Kokusai Cable Ship Co., Japan. This milestone marked Colombo Dockyard’s entry into the specialised field of cable-ship construction.

In 2023, the shipyard further strengthened its position in the global subsea-vessel market by delivering the cable-repair ship “CRV Sophie Germain” to Orange Marine, France.