‘OEL DUBAI’ completes 200 voyages to Colombo

By Sarath Malalasekera

The Orient Express Lines created history in the Port of Colombo recently, when the MV ‘OEL DUBAI’ sailed into the Port of Colombo, from the builders in Singapore.

The Principals Orient Express Lines said that the vessel was to be deployed on the Colombo-Cochin shuttle. February 13, 2012 marked another milestone when this vessel the MV ‘OEL DUBAI’ completed 200 voyages on this shuttle over the Port of Colombo, said Orient Express Lines Vice President Marius Gomes.

This was indeed creating history in the annals of the Port of Colombo, as it was the first instance where a common carrier feeder vessel was coming in straight from the builders to be used on a Colombo shuttle.

The Chairman of the Orient Express Lines S. Ramakrishnan made a special visit to Sri Lanka to be a part of this ceremony.

Orient Express Lines (OEL) which commenced calling Colombo as far back as 1992 has been long serving the Colombo trade for the past 20 years, as a feeder operator and has an array of services calling various ports in the region, as is today tagged as one of the premier feeder operators in the region.

Coincidently, the Transworld Group of Companies which is the parent company to which Orient Express Lines belongs, is completing 35 years this year.