Lying at the hub of manyshipping lanes joining the West, the Middle East, Far East as well as Africaand Australia, Colombo has been recognised world over as the hub port in theSouth Asia.  Colombo Dockyard is theisland's leading Ship repair, Shipbuilding and Heavy Engineering facility,conveniently located inside the very Port of Colombo. Shipyard operates 04 graving dry-docks with a maximum capacityof 125,000 Dwt and extensive repair berth facilities. Established in 1974, thisstate of the art engineering entity has been servicing a wide spectrum ofinternational clients in the Ship Repair, Shipbuilding, Heavy Engineering andOffshore Engineering sectors. Since 1993 the shipyard has been operating in collaboration with Onomichi Dockyard, Japan.In the ship repair sector on average, shipyard handles over 160 vesselsannually. Shipyard has proven its capability as world class shipbuilder with the delivery ofAHT. MPSV, Crew Boats and Passenger Vessels. Is certified to Quality, Occupational Health &Safety as well as  EnvironmentalManagement Systems