Colombo Dockyard and Panasia, Korea ink deal for Ballast Water Management and Scrubber Systems

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CDPLC and Pan Asia present at the agreement signing (from left): Head of Marketing, Ship Repairs Darshana Chandrasekera, Supply Chain Management General Manager Vajira Ratnayake, Marketing Head Manager/Senior Director Jack Lee, Managing Director D.V. Abeysinghe, Chief Operating Officer H. Tanaka, Brijesh Advani, General Manager (SRB) K.B.P. Fernando, Planning Senior Executive K. Wijeratne, Asst. Manager/Marketing Team Jake Shin

Panasia BWMS already installed on one of Colombo Dockyard built offshore support vessels

An offshore support vessel built by Colombo Dockyard already fitted with Panasia BWMS. These versatile OSVs have operationally proven their capabilities in offshore fields meeting required regulatory requirements

The Colombo Dockyard (CDPLC) inked an agreement with Panasia, Korea as a partner for Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) and Scrubber installation recently.

This collaboration with Panasia will allow Colombo Dockyard to offer this service of installation of BWMS and Scrubbers to its clientele.

Colombo Dockyard has already installed eight Panasia Ballast Water Management Systems on its new construction vessels; this is an added positive factor for shipowners to look at Colombo Dockyard confidently for repair and installation solutions of BWMS. Panasia is a highly reputed manufacturer; to date, it has received BWMS orders for 1,300 ships and 250 ships are already being operated by shipowners worldwide. The synergies will give superior solutions to the shipowners to upgrade the vessels cost-effectively and efficiently to meet the required regulatory conditions.

Colombo Dockyard has successfully adopted all the required guidelines of the BWM Convention, implemented and installed in its new build projects with approval and certification. Currently, it has its ninth BWMS installation in progress on its latest newbuild, a cable layer vessel for a Japanese client.

Colombo Dockyard operates in collaboration with Onomichi Dockyard Co. Ltd., Japan since 1993, a successful partnership spanning over 25 years specialising in ship repairs, shipbuilding, offshore and heavy engineering.

Present for the collaboration agreement signing from Panasia were Marketing Head Manager/Senior Director Jack Lee and Asst. Manager/Marketing Team Jake Shin and Brijesh Advani. Representing the Colombo Dockyard team were Managing Director D.V. Abeysinghe and Chief Operating Officer Hideaki Tanaka.