Chairman Of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Mr. Jun Karube & President Of Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific Pte Ltd – Mr. Hideki Yanase visits Colombo Dockyard
Mon, 30 Jul 2018 |Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) has successfully secured a contract with Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) of Japan to build two vessels; Pilot Station Vessel and Buoy Tender Vessel, for General Company for Port of Iraq (GCPI).
TTC and GCPI signed the prime contract on 27 April, 2018 in Dubai. Subsequent to the signing of the prime contract, TTC signed the sub contract agreement with CDPLC as TTC’s preferred shipyard for the construction of these vessels on 2 May, 2018 in Japan.
TTC is a trading and investing company which is also a group company of Toyota. By recognising the potential of CDPLC, TTC decided to collaborate with CDPLC for this project to compete and submit bid proposals in response to a tender floated by GCPI in July, 2017. After the selection of the bid proposal submitted by TTC in collaboration with CDPLC, there were contract negotiation meetings in Basrah, Iraq, and in Colombo, Sri Lanka. These negotiations and discussions were able to strengthen the relationship between the parties to enter in to a successful contract.
The Chairman Of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Mr. Jun Karube & President Of Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific Pte Ltd – Mr. Hideki Yanase along with the Top Management of Toyota Lanka (Private) Limited visited the site on Thursday 19th Of July 2018
