Colombo Dockyard

Colombo Dockyard PLC
	The logo of Colombo Dockyard
Company type	Public
Traded as	CSE: DOCK.N0000
ISIN	LK0047N00007
Industry	Heavy industry; Shipbuilding;
Founded	August 1, 1974; 50 years ago
Headquarters	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Key people	T. Nakabe (Chairman); Thimira S. Godakumbura (Managing Director/CEO);
Products	Patrol Boats; Landing crafts; Merchant vessels; Platform supply vessels; Tugboats;
Services	Shipbuilding; Ship repair; Engineering; Defence; Materials sales;
Revenue	LKR9,211 million (2021)
Operating income	LKR318 million (2021)
Net income	LKR171 million (2021)
Total assets	LKR24,081 million (2021)
Total equity	LKR7,399 million (2021)
Owner	Onomichi Dockyard Company Ltd (51.00%); Employees' Provident Fund (16.34%); Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd General Fund (5.00%);
Number of employees	3,000 (2021)
Parent	Onomichi Dockyard Company Ltd
Subsidiaries	Dockyard General Engineering Services (Pvt) Ltd; Dockyard Total Solutions (Pvt) Ltd; Ceylon Shipping Agency (Pte) Ltd, Singapore;
Website	www.cdl.lk
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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

Greatship Anjali built by Colombo Dockyard

Lakshadweep built by Colombo Dockyard

Colombo Dockyard operates four graving drydocks, the largest one with a capacity of 125,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT) 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]