Sri Lanka’s pioneer Shipbuilding and Ship repairing facility, Colombo Dockyard PLC participated in one of the biggest International Maritime Exhibitions “Posidonia 2024” in Athens, Greece. Colombo Dockyard teamed up with Master Divers (Pvt) Limited, experts in all types of diving services in the harbour and outer port, Prudential Shipping Lines (Pvt) Limited who offers husbandry services to all ships at Colombo, Deep Ocean Lanka who are maritime suppliers and Lanka Marine Services who are bunker suppliers which constituted the Sri Lanka pavilion. The Sri Lanka Pavilion at the Posidonia 2024 was officially endorsed by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Hambantota International Port Group Pvt Ltd, Export Development Board and the Merchant Shipping Secretariat of Sri Lanka. The services Sri Lanka offers to the global maritime fraternity are as follows:
- Port agency services and all types of husbandry services
- Supply of provisions, deck, engine, cabin stores and all other essential ship supplies
- Supply of Bonded Goods
- Supply of navigational and equipment and charts
- Supply of bunkers and marine lubricants
- Supply of fresh water
- All types of shipboard waste removal
- All underwater diving services, inspection and repairs
- Hull cleaning, propeller polishing
- Providing riding technical crew for repairs
- Professional underwater videography
- Dry docking services up to 125,000DWT
- Ship building and heavy engineering
- Afloat emergency repairs
- Technical troubleshooting and rectification
- STS cargo operation services
- Ship Layups
- OPL Launch Services
- Transshipment and integrated logistics
- Naval logistics
For the past three decades, Colombo Dockyard has been a regular participant at the Posidonia platform, proudly flying the Sri Lankan flag and promoting Colombo as a competitive repair and building center in the South Asian region. The Greek maritime community represents a significant market for shipyards globally, with Greek ship owners boasting the world’s largest tonnage. This naturally positions them as some of the biggest spenders on building, dry-docking, maintenance, and ancillary services. Sri Lanka Pavilion presented how the strategic hub, Sri Lanka, can well take care of Greek Fleets in Indian Ocean by providing the total service at all ports and anchorage in Sri Lanka. And we have added more colours to our National Pavilion with the natural beauty of our paradise, which was a breath-stopper for many of the crowd passing by.
Sri Lanka’s strategic geographical location, proximity to main marine trading routes, and status as a hub of sea and air transportation have drawn considerable interest from many European clients. They view Colombo as a promising destination for servicing, maintenance, routine, specialized, and emergency ship repair services, as well as building state-of-the-art vessels for Europe. Additionally, the event served to inform industry players about Sri Lanka’s current economic situation highlighting its positive trajectory and movement towards a promising future and the priority status granted to port-related industries to ensure smooth operations.
Posidonia 2024 provided a fantastic platform for numerous stakeholders in the global maritime community, featuring over 2000 exhibiting companies and attracting approximately 32,000 visitors from over 130 countries. This year’s exhibition was considered an overwhelming success.
Colombo Dockyard commemorates its 50th anniversary since its inception in 1974 and celebrates 31 years of collaboration (since 1993) with Onomichi Dockyard in 2024. Posidonia 2024 was a highly successful forum, showcasing this milestone of Colombo Dockyard and the unique values and services provided.
