Colombo Dockyard Secures Two Passenger Ships

Sri Lanka’s leading shipbuilder, Colombo Dockyard, is building two passenger vessels for an Indian owner.

Union Territory of Lakshadweep Administration is increasing the number of vessels for passengers between mainland and islands of Lakshadweep.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Shipping Shri G.K.Vasan said that the Lakshadweep Administration is acquiring two additional passenger-cum-250 Ton Cargo vessels.

The basic design of the vessels comes from Global Maritime Brevik AS of Norway (formerly known as GL Noble Denton/ Brevik Engineering) and the detailed design engineering is performed by Neilsoft Ltd of India.

The first vessel is slated to be delivered by March, 2014 and the second vessel by July, 2014.

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pib.nic, February 11, 2014