CDPLC delivers Greatship Ragini

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Colombo Dockyard (CDPLC) delivered the last vessel of a series of three; Platform/ROV Support Vessels (ROVSV) for Greatship Global Offshore Services of Singapore, at the auspicious time of 11:25 a.m. on 10 January 2013.

This is the 11th offshore support vessel built by Colombo Dockyard to Greatship, which demonstrates the trust and confidence the client has placed on the shipyard to deliver quality vessels.

The signing of the protocol of delivery was done by New Building Offshore Logistics General Manager V.K. Chandrasekaran and MD/CEO, CDPLC Mangala P.B. Yapa, witnessed by Divya Wadhawan, Apurva Barbhaya, Frank Peter Dias from GGOSL and GGOSL Shipyard Project Manager Jeewaka Gunadheera.

Attendance at the occasion were, Classification Society Surveyors Sirinath Herat representing the Lloyds Register and D.V.D. Prasadrao representing the Indian Register of Shipping.

CDPLC Chairman Akihiko Nakauchi, Director Y. Kijima, Alt. Director N. Nishida, Senior Managers and Special Projects Managers also participated at the event.

Sending a special message to the ceremony GGOSL Executive Director P.R. Naware said “Please accept our sense of appreciation for achieving delivery of the 11th vessel. I must say that the yard has continuously strived to improve upon the quality of the vessels delivered to us, and I am sure that last round vessels, will serve our fleet with distinction”.

He further added, “You can count on us as one of your satisfied customers and hope that going forward we will have more opportunities to work together in Vessel new buildings or repairs.”

CDPLC is indeed privileged to be considered as the preferred shipbuilder of Greatship which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Great Eastern Shipping Company.

With the delivery of Greatship Ragini, the Group currently own and operate four PSVs, nine AHTSVs, two MPSSVs, six ROVSVs and two Jack-up Rigs and have one 350 feet jack up rig under construction.

This Vessel designed by Seatech Solutions International of Singapore is a DP2 classed Vessel capable of supporting offshore exploration and production and complies with SPS code 2008 clean design requirements.

With the wealth of experience gathered in building vessels for the offshore sector, CDPLC is well experienced and geared to meet all requirements arising in the offshore oil exploration activities being carried out in the Sri Lankan waters and offer its expertise.