Sri Lanka Navy keeps Walkers Colombo Shipyard operational

The Navy Tug being lifted and docked at the Walkers Colombo Shipyard on Friday evening

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P.D. De Silva

The Sri Lanka Navy has come forward to keep Walkers Colombo Shipyard operational by entrusting the company to lift and dock their fleet of tugboats.

The Walkers Colombo Shipyard a subsidiary of MTD Walkers Group has remained operational even though a local bank took over its assets recently as the company had defaulted on a $ 5 million loan.

The first of the Navy’s fleet of tug boats the 29 metre long Navy Tug 502 (CEB-PCPP T-2) with a gross tonnage of 513 tons was lifted and docked by the shipyard last Friday. The ship-lift at WCS is capable of lifting crafts up to 65 metres in length and 14.5 metres in breadth with a maximum weight of 1,250 metric tons.