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Seated from left: Chief Operating Officer D.V. Abeysinghe, General Manager (Ship Repair Business) Benny Fernando, Colombo Dockyard Managing Director Ranil Wijegunawardana, TWSM Chief Executive Officer Satish Pillania and Transworld Group Vice President Marius Gomez
Standing from left: Head of Marketing (Shipbuilding) Prince Lye, Assistant General Manager (Estimating) Wasantha Kumara, Head of Marketing (Ship Repairs) Darshana Chandrasekera, Manager (Legal) M. Mallikarachchi, Director
M. Koshi, TWSM General Manager (Fleet Personnel) Deepak Singh
On 2 September TW Ship Management Ltd. Mumbai, a member of the Transworld Group of companies entered into agreement with Colombo Dockyard PLC to represent the shipyard as exclusive agents in the territory of India.
Colombo Dockyard PLC, a Colombo stock exchange listed Board of Investment approved company operating in collaboration with Onomichi Dockyard Co. Ltd., Japan has been a major ship repair, building and offshore engineering service provider to the Indian Subcontinent over the past four decades.
Indian repair and building market has been one Colombo Dockyard’s major markets, joining hands with TW Ship Management, a well-respected and established operation with an expansive reach across entire Indian which will give Colombo Dockyard the much needed penetration in this highly competitive industry.
In pursuing the ‘Odyssey of Excellence’ this partnership will strive to provide a professional level of service to the Indian market, reaching the owners/managers more frequently and providing a premium service package to the client. The technical/commercial strength brought in with TW Ship Management partnership will also benefit the client in the longer run.
TWSM Chief Executive Officer Satish Pillania, Transworld Group Vice President Marius Gomez and TWSM General Manager (Fleet Personnel) Deepak Singh were present, while senior officials from the Shipyard Managing Director Ranil Wijegunawardana, Chief Operating Officer D.V. Abeysinghe, Director M. Koshi, General Manager (Ship
Repair Business) Benny Fernando, Manager Legal M. Mallikarachchi, Head of Marketing (Shipbuilding) Prince Lye, Assistant General Manager (Estimating) Wasantha Kumara and Head of Marketing (Ship Repairs) Darshana Chandrasekera were present at this occasion.
