Colombo Dockyard would consider a government request for proposals (RFP) for investments, including ship building, in a new port in southern Hambantota although no definite investments plans have been drawn up yet, he said.
Yes, we’re interested. We’ll look at the RFP and see what the options are, but we don’t have any concrete plans yet.â€
The government recently approved calling for investment proposals in the new port in Hambantota, close to the main shipping route across the Indian Ocean.
It has called for investments for fertiliser, cement bagging, warehousing, and vehicle transhipment businesses to take advantage of the port’s location.
Colombo Dockyard, which is majority owned by Japan's Onomichi Dockyard, has four dry docks in Colombo port but cannot expand there for lack of space.
With tankers,