1974
Colombo Dockyard incorporated with an initial facility of three dry docks
1975
Shipbuilding begins in Sri Lanka and first patrol boat made for SL Navy
1976
Ceylon Shipping Agency incorporated in collaboration with Ceylon Shipping Corp
1977
The Colombo Port Commission gets its first vessel, a 100 Ton Barge
1978
First Towing Tug Boat built in Sri Lanka for the Colombo Port Commission
1981
Incorporation of Dockyard General Engineering Services
1982
First Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) built for Sri Lanka Navy
1983
First export order in shipbuilding for Burma Ports Corporation, Myanmar
1987
First Shipbuilding project for the Republic of Maldives
1988
Colombo Drydocks Ltd begins operations at the newly built 125,000 DWT dry dock
1981
Incorporation of Dockyard General Engineering Services
1992
Aluminium shipbuilding begins with Fast Patrol Boat production for SL Navy
1993
Restructuring of CDL and CDD with the collaboration of Onomichi Dockyard,Japan
1997
Diversification of business activities into heavy engineering
1998
First aluminium coastal surveillance vessel built for the Republic of Maldives
1999
ISO 9001 certification for Lloyds Register of Quality Assurance (LRQA)
2002
Quality Management System certification upgraded to ISO 9001: 2000
2004
Diversification into Offshore Engineering and first project for Indian Navy
2005
Expansion of shipbuilding activities into the Middle Eastern market
2006
The year witnessed the building of the largest Aluminium hull ship to be built in Sri Lanka to date, a 40 M Fisheries Protection Vessel for the Republic of Maldives
2007
Greatship (India) Ltd gets first Anchor Handling Tug / Supply Vessel (AHTSV)
2008
Colombo Dockyards sees many new structural and technological adaptations
2009
National recognition and strong performance during a global downturn
2010
CDL in the ‘Forbes list’ of top 200 Asian firms with sales under a billion USD
2011
CDL order books at capacity for Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessels (MPSV)
2012
Proud moment: Start of construction of 400 passenger cum cargo vessel to India
2013
Two decades of valuable collaboration with Onomichi Dockyard Co. Ltd, Japan
2014
Celebrating forty years of shipbuilding and ship repairing experience