Sri Lanka, June 24 -- Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) delivered the first ever modern Cable Laying Vessel built for Kokusai Cable Ship Co. Ltd. (KCS)Japan, last Friday. The high-technology 'KDDI Cable Infinity' is meant for subsea operation and cable installation and repair works of optical cables as well as power cables.

This is the biggest ever vessel, price-wise as well as length-wise, built by Colombo Dockyard in its journey of shipbuilding excellence and the first ever ship built 'in its class' from Sri Lanka to Japan.

Gracing the occasion Minister of Ports and Shipping and Southern Development, Sagala Rathnayaka said the foreign exchange and employment opportunities are more important for a country to achieve a sustainable economy. T...