New strategy to boost Colombo Dockyard income

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) rules are being implemented and single hulled tankers have been phased out. This would result in a large fleet of vessels going out of service by the year 2010-12. This has changed the mix of vessels that have been patronising the Colombo Dockyard. Some of the double-hulled tankers are too large to be taken into the dry dock.