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Colombo Dockyard resume operations with strict health guidelines

Sri Lanka’s leading ship builder, Colombo Dockyard PLC, (CDL) resumed shipyard operations on November 1, giving highest focus to regulatory health guidelines in order to redeliver the ongoing projects at the earliest, the company said in a statement.

The management has taken proactive measures to carry out nearly 2,000 PCR screening of the yard team to-date and positive cases are being treated while the first contacts have been quarantined and the situation is being diligently attended in coordination with the authorities.

“Our team has gone to the extent of providing essential support to the relevant hospitals where our employees are being treated. An in-house task force is continuously following up on the well-being of the affected members and families,” CDL said in the statement.

Being the leading ship repair and shipbuilding entity in South Asia, with a global reputation and an established clientele from Asia to Europe, the continuation of shipyard yard operations safely and steadily is essential to live up to its reputation as a reliable and trustworthy player in the market.

In this context, the shipyard operations have kicked off on 1 November, under the health guidelines stipulated by the authorities.

According to the CDL, the ship repair and shipbuilding teams are housed in special accommodations (hotels), and those who undergo health-screening and are cleared, are shuttled to the shipyard to resume working.

“This process will be reviewed for any further improvements as the operation continues and numbers will be increased to meet the production requirements,” the company said.
Source: Colombo Page

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