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Walkers Piling Ltd., a subsidiary of MTD Walkers PLC, successfully completed Sri Lanka’s first sea piling project at the Walkers Colombo Shipyard in the Mutwal Harbour.
The sea piling work was carried out to enable the installation of a state-of-the-art ship lift and transfer system at the Mutwal Harbour which can lift ships up to 1,200 ton displacement and 65-meters long, and included the installation and testing of 124 bored cast in-situ piles of which 68 piles are allocated offshore with varying diameters from 750mm to 1200mm. Walkers Colombo Shipyard designed and built a 1,000 ton barge which was used to mount the piling equipment during the offshore piling.
“We are committed to being an innovative infrastructure development partner and as the oldest piling company in Sri Lanka we strive to build upon our knowledge and expertise,” said Walkers Piling Chief Executive Officer Douglas Wegiriya.
He added: “The successful completion of this challenging project has allowed Walkers Piling to showcase our capabilities and we will continue to seek milestone projects that would allow us to expand our knowledge and expertise.”
“We are pleased to see Walkers Piling successfully complete the sea piling work at the Mutwal Fishery Harbour,” said Walkers Colombo Shipyard Chief Executive Officer Dr. Sarath Obeysekera, commending the effort made by the Walkers Piling team in carrying out a complex and challenging project.
He added: “The successful completion of the sea piling work will allow us to install the first ship lift and transfer system in Sri Lanka which will play a vital role in adding capacity to the ship repair capabilities in the region and bring us strong inflows of foreign currency as well.”
The ship lift system is an alternative for a slipway, floating dock or a graving dock providing an increase in the capacity and can attend to a multiple number of ships at any given time. This method offers a great deal of convenience and decreased waiting time to vessels that need repairs. It is expected that ship lift will be commissioned by end September 2017.
