{"id":101544,"date":"2020-04-25T16:55:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T23:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=101544"},"modified":"2020-04-25T16:56:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T23:56:56","slug":"sri-lankas-mattala-airport-offers-aircraft-parking-services-to-covid-hit-airlines-why-not-parking-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/04\/25\/sri-lankas-mattala-airport-offers-aircraft-parking-services-to-covid-hit-airlines-why-not-parking-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka\u2019s Mattala airport offers aircraft parking services to Covid-hit airlines-Why, not parking ships?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Sarath Obeysekera <\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

EDB of Sri Lanka should offer Trinco Harbour facility to\npark oil rigs and oil tankers to generate foreign income <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A request to investigate thas been  sent to SLPA and to\nthe Task Force <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMPACT OF COVID-19 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the adverse effect of\u00a0Covid\u00a019 virus to the economy of the countries\u00a0in Asia. Africa and the Middle East, there will be an enforced lull period in Oil Exploration leading to vessel \/drillships being\u00a0laid\u00a0up for longer periods until<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the global\u00a0economy recovers.\u00a0Sri Lanka,\u00a0having established effective control of Corona spread\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHY TRINCOMALEE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The location of where to lay a vessel\/ rig is essential to ensure its safety and protection with the following conditions considered. The location of where to lay up a vessel\/rig is essential to ensure its safety and protection with the following conditions considered.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.\u200bThe lay-up site should be well sheltered from heavy\nwind, strong current and swell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.\u200bThe seabed characteristics should be such as to\nprovide adequate anchor holding power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.\u200bThe sea bed should be free from obstructions,\nwreckage or other projecting objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.\u200bThe depth at the site should give sufficient\nclearance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.\u200bMooring  bollards of sufficient strength\nshould be placed such to ensure proper lead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trincomalee, is a natural deep-water\u00a0harbour, is ranked as the 2nd best natural\u00a0harbour\u00a0in the world and is the only one of its kind in the Indian Ocean that is accessible to all types of crafts in various weather conditions. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCOPE AND BENEFITS <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Few companies are already involved in providing such facilities in Sri Lanka, in\u00a0harbours\u00a0such as\u00a0Hambantota\u00a0and\u00a0Trincomalee. There are numerous inquiries from various operators worldwide requesting the lay-up facilities in Sri Lanka,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health authorities can also impose a premium charge for treating and patients among the crew. Hotel Industry in the vicinity can also benefit by providing isolated facilities for Quarantine of the crew for a minimum period of 14\/21\u00a0days. Insurance companies too\u00a0can sell their products to the operators to cover such expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several oil exploration and drilling contracts have\nbeen suspended and in some cases vessels have not been able to find berthing\nfacilities due to some ports having been placed under quarantine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SRI LANKA  AND ITS UNIQUE POSITION TO\nTAKE THIS EMERGING TIMELY BUSINESS <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri Lanka\u00a0possesses\u00a0the following key criteria to win the lay-up business opportunities from international vessel owners for short, mid and long-term lay-ups;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Sheltered\nfrom open seas (e.g. Trincomalee Port\/Inner Anchorage,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Minimal\ntidal currents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Good\nholding grounds for anchors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Free\nand open outside of a typhoon\/cyclone belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Sri\nLankan lay-up locations (Trincomalee, Hambantota, etc) are located\ncloser to major shipping routes \u2013 enables quick reactivation when business\ncommences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–\u00a0Sri Lankan service providers are equipped with all critical engineering, vessel husbandry, crew management, bunkering, repairs, servicing, inspection and certification,\u00a0etc\u00a0to cater to all kinds of lay-ups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Sri\nLanka ability to give any vessel the best Security and Safety coverage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Sri\nLanka already has 100% Sri Lankan own companies able to provide all the lay-up\nservices to international marine assets with experience and good track record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Sarath Obeysekera
\nCEO Walkers Colombo Shipyard
\nColombo
\nSri Lanka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr Sarath Obeysekera EDB of Sri Lanka should offer Trinco Harbour facility to park oil rigs and oil tankers to generate foreign income  A request to investigate thas been  sent to SLPA and to the Task Force  IMPACT OF COVID-19  Due to the adverse effect of\u00a0Covid\u00a019 virus to the economy of the countries\u00a0in Asia. Africa and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-sarath-obeysekera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}