Colombo Dockyard signs agreement to set up office at HIPG Maritime Center – Hambantota

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From left: Colombo Dockyard Legal Consultant/Company Secretary Manori Mallikarachchie, Chief Operating Officer K.B.P. Fernando, Chairman H. Tanaka, Managing Director/CEO D.V. Abeysinghe, HIPG Chief Operating Officer Tissa Wickremasinghe, General Manager – Port Related Industries Tim Xiao, Senior Manager – Commercial and Marketing Ranjith Withanawasm. Back Row: Colombo Dockyard Senior Engineer – Marketing and Estimating Amila Rukshan, Head of Marketing – Ship Repairs Darshana Chandrasekera, and HIPG Senior Manager – Commercial and Marketing Chandula Rambukwella

Colombo Dockyard (CDPLC) inked an agreement with Hambantota International Port Group Ltd. (HIPG), to open an office at the HIPG ‘Maritime Centre’ on 1 November.

The strategic maritime location of Hambantota, in close proximity to the key maritime routes, will allow Colombo Dockyard to offer afloat repair services to a multitude of vessels calling for transhipment, bunkering and other operations and dedicated afloat repairs. HIPG port is a deep draft port with extensive berths that can handle vessels up to 17-meter draft, going up to VLCC.

Colombo Dockyard’s recently launched the Rapid Response Afloat Repair Service (RRARS) with a clear focus to provide afloat repairs at all Sri Lankan ports, will play a crucial role in providing the required repair support to the vessels calling at Hambantota Port.

This capacity augmentation for afloat repairs in Sri Lanka is expected to bring in much needed foreign exchange to the Sri Lankan economy. Thus expanding the ship repair footprint in Sri Lanka to the deep south of the island, continuing our odyssey of excellence.

Present for the signing of the agreement signing from HIPG Chief Operating Officer Tissa Wickremasinghe, General Manager – Port Related Industries Tim Xiao, COO Chandula Rambukwella, and Senior Manager – Commercial and Marketing Ranjith Withanawasm.

Representing the Colombo Dockyard team headed by Chairman H. Tanaka, Managing Director/CEO D.V. Abeysinghe, Chief Operating Officer K.B.P. Fernando, Head of Marketing – Ship Repairs Darshana Chandrasekera, Legal Consultant/Company Secretary Manori Mallikarachchie, and Senior Engineer – Marketing and Estimating Amila Rukshan.