MARAD

MARAD
Author: United States. Maritime Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1967
Genre: Merchant marine
ISBN:

MARAD

MARAD
Author: United States. Maritime Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1981
Genre: Merchant marine
ISBN:

Vessel Operations Revolving Fund

Vessel Operations Revolving Fund
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1956
Genre: Charter-parties
ISBN:

Shipbuilding Technology and Education

Shipbuilding Technology and Education
Author: Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 1996-05-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 030905382X

The U.S. shipbuilding industry now confronts grave challenges in providing essential support of national objectives. With recent emphasis on renewal of the U.S. naval fleet, followed by the defense builddown, U.S. shipbuilders have fallen far behind in commercial ship construction, and face powerful new competition from abroad. This book examines ways to reestablish the U.S. industry, to provide a technology base and R&D infrastructure sustaining both commercial and military goals. Comparing U.S. and foreign shipbuilders in four technological areas, the authors find that U.S. builders lag most severely in business process technologies, and in technologies of new products and materials. New advances in system technologies, such as simulation, are also needed, as are continuing developments in shipyard production technologies. The report identifies roles that various government agencies, academia, and, especially, industry itself must play for the U.S. shipbuilding industry to attempt a turnaround.