Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) ceremonially launched its first ever Cable Laying Vessel, which is being built for Kokusai Cable Ship (KCS) of Japan, on 3rd September 2018. This is the biggest ever vessel, price-wise as well as length-wise, to be built by CDPLC in its history and is the first ship of its type to be constructed in Sri Lanka for Japanese clients.
The ceremonial launching of a vessel is the process of transferring the vessel to the water for the first time, breaking a ‘pot of milk’...