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Monday, February 21, 2011

Dockyard makes positive improvement

Ramani Kangaraarachchi

*Five foreign tankers in for repairs

*Earns US $ four m in first two months

The Colombo Dockyard has made a positive improvement during the first two months of the year earning over US $ four million.

Colombo Dockyard Ltd Managing Director Mangala Yapa said that five tankers have come for repairs namely, Singapore’s Thome Ship Management managed Mt. Kirsten, Indian Shipping Corporation owned LPG carrier Nanga Parbat and India’s Mercator Line Ltd owned MT Harsha Prem, Chennai’s Sanmar Shipping Ltd owned chemical tanker MT Sanmar Majesty and Male’s Fuel Supplies, owned MT Hibaru.

Yapa said that Colombo has been attracting many types of callers.

Tanker owners and managers have been regular visitors who take advantage of the excellent facilities available for tanker owners in this region.

This is a unique occasion where the yard is handling five significantly sophisticated tankers with extensive work scopes, simultaneously.

However, it would have been a tremendous opportunity if the dollar rates remained as the same last year.

He hoped that the coming months will be better. He said that LPG Carrier Nanga Parbat (17,601DWT) owned by India Shipping Corporation is one of the sophisticated tankers to call in for major dry docking related repairs. This is one of the key repairs attended to by the Colombo Dockyard on an LPG carrier.

The shipyard has installed cryogenic workshops prior to receiving these types of sophisticated vessels. During this call the routine dry docking repairs have been attended to by Dockyard repair teams.

The MT Kirsten (83,651 DWT) a massive tanker managed by Singapore’s Thome Ship Management owned by a Norway based company is in Colombo for routine dry docking repairs.

Owners from Europe and the Far East have looked at Colombo seriously with the dawn of peace in the country which will be a good opportunity for Sri Lanka to capitalize on the Far East market, he said.

India’s Mercator Lines who is a regular caller to Colombo Dockyard has placed tanker Harsha Prem (42,234 DWT) for major layup and dry docking repairs.

The chemical tanker Sanmar Majesty (10,314 DWT) capable of carrying Sulphuric Acid (H2SO4) is undergoing major repairs in Drydock No 1. MT Hibaru (400 DWT) a small tanker owned by Male’s Fuel Supplies Ltd which is a regular caller to Colombo for routine repairs, is undergoing repairs in dry dock No 3.

source - www.dailynews.lk