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	Infor Shipbuilding: manage design to service
		Shipbuilding is one of the world’s most globally competitive and capital-intensive industries.
		Infor Shipbuilding Essentials helps you manage the entire design-to-service lifecycle—whether you manufacture specialized boats, container vessels, or research ships—or serve as a supplier to the industry.
		Infor Shipbuilding Essentials is comprised of ERP and complementary solutions that increase customer satisfaction, directly support lean manufacturing initiatives, drive transparency through the complete value chain, and help you run a profitable, customer-responsive business.
	www.infor.com /industries/shipbuilding (406 words)

	Whitehaven shipbuilding history
		from a humble fishing hamlet to a major coal exporting port in the 17th century it also developed its own shipbuilding industry.
		Although there were earlier shipbuilders in the eighteenth century such as Thomas Sibson and William Palmer the best known was undoubtedly Daniel Brocklebank (1742-1801).
		historical association with the town's shipbuilding is the Vicar of Bray.
	www.lakestay.co.uk /shipbuild.html (2559 words)

	Shipbuilding in Korcula
		The shipbuilding in Korcula reached its peak in the 19th century between 1849 and 1859 when 9,752 ships of different size were constructed in comparison with years 1859 and 1867 with only 2,400 ships built.
		Thus in Kotor the shipbuilder Gjurgjević was operating his craft, Depolo in Split, Depolo in Stari Grad, Vilović in Orebic, Prančić and Mišulić at Bijela, Filippi in Betina, Sambrailo in Vela Luka, Filippi at Profura, Island of Mljet, Dužević and Filippi at Hodilja near Ston.
		Mihovil Depolo obtained a diamond needle and a diploma from the Emperor Franz Joseph in 1908, the gold medal at the Adriatic Exhibition in Vienna, a silver medal at the exhibition in Split and the gold medal at the Exhibition in Paris in 1912.
	www.korcula.net /history/shipbuilding.htm (1412 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway Shipbuilding Pages
		Shipbuilding is one of the oldest industries in the United States, and in the past it was of the largest, most important industries in the land.
		The US shipbuilding industry was founded with the earliest settlements, built the ships that freed the Colonies, built the merchant and naval fleets that made the US a world power, played pivotal roles in all our major wars, and continues to put the US Navy in a leading position today.
		In time, these pages will offer a comprehensive overview of US shipbuilding, from the very first organized yards to the "glory days" of the wooden-ship yards, to shipbuilding's finest days during WWII, through the 1990's, when US shipbuilding may be on the rebound.
	www.hazegray.org /shipbuilding (333 words)

	Industry Studies - Shipbuilding (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The shipbuilding industry also includes numerous subcontractors and suppliers—they might be called third- and fourth-tier companies—that provide propulsion, fire control, habitation, and command and control systems, as well as a variety of other systems for military and commercial vessels.
		Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia is the sole builder and refueler of nuclear aircraft carriers.
		The U.S. shipbuilding industry is not an effective competitor in the world market, a condition attributable largely to the more favorable national industrial policies, labor rates, and government investment in shipbuilding observed in many foreign countries.
	www.ndu.edu /icaf/industry/2000/shipbuilding/shipbuilding.htm (7163 words)

	Shipbuilding - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both commercial and military, are referred to as the "naval sector".
		Shipbuilding (which encompasses the shipyards, the marine equipment manufacturers and a large number of service and knowledge providers) is an important and strategic industry in a number of countries around the world.
		As a result the world shipbuilding market suffers from over-capacities, depressed prices (although the industry experienced a price increase in the period 2003-2005 due to strong demand for new ships which was in excess of actual cost increases), low profit margins, trade distortions and wide-spread subsidisation.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Shipbuilding (1252 words)

	Shipbuilding
		Shipbuilding was of greatest importance in Chicago during the period 1850 to 1875, when Chicago was the busiest port city in the United States.
		Shipbuilders were attracted to Chicago because of its busy port and the fact that it was the lumber center of America.
		The Chicago Shipbuilding Company was the most important of the steel shipbuilding firms in Chicago.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/1140.html (761 words)

	Ship Building
		One of the earliest shipbuilding centres was Trinity.
		The once-flourishing shipbuilding industry in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick had begun to decline in the face of competition from steamers from about 1880 and by 1900 most Maritimers considered the ``age of sail'' to have passed.
		Shipbuilding not only entered a pronounced slump, but the skills of schooner-building might be said to have disappeared in a generation.
	www.k12.nf.ca /discovery/Commmunities/acdrom/clarenville/shipbuilding.html (5089 words)

	Shipbuilding growth to hit record high
		China's shipbuilding tonnage is expected to reach a record high of more than 12.5 million this year, grabbing 17 per cent of the global shipbuilding market, up from 14.3 per cent in 2004.
		Shipbuilding tonnage in China is expected to reach 15 million in 2006, which will enable the nation to hold 20 per cent of the world's shipbuilding tonnage, he said.
		Foreign shipbuilding giants, such as those from South Korea and Japan, are accelerating penetration into China, with some hoping to gain controlling stakes in Chinese shipyards, and even build wholly-owned shipyards.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-12/30/content_507938.htm (510 words)

	Shipbuilding - LoveToKnow 1911
		One vessel followed so closely on the lines of another, that the qualities of the new ship could be determined for all practical purposes by the performance of an almost identical vessel in the past.
		The theoretical science of shipbuilding, the object of which is to establish quantitative relations between the behaviour and performance.
		In order to make the fullest use of these new possibilities, and to adapt each ship, as closely as may be, to the special purpose for which it is intended, theoretic knowledge has become of paramount importance to the designer.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Shipbuilding (15387 words)

	Shipbuilding Essay--World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		Unlike major shipyards on the east coast that were concentrated in compact urban areas, Bay Area shipbuilding consisted of components sprawled across hundreds of square miles, from Napa in the north, Sacramento and Stockton in the east, to San Jose in the south.
		In Bay Area shipbuilding, men such as Joseph Moore, Warren Bechtel and Henry Kaiser had that attitude in common, as well as the shared experience of holding things together in the 1930s, during the deepest depression in American history.
		Shipbuilding prior to the war tended to be bound by long-standing traditions and methods.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wwIIbayarea/shipbuilding.htm (4009 words)

	Glimpses of old Glasgow: Shipbuilding and Engineering [ebook chapter] / Andrew Aird, 1894
		In shipbuilding the Clyde occupies one of the first positions in the world; the workmanship, too, has always been reckoned superior, so that "Clyde-built" means a warrant for excellence.
		Marked prosperity attended the establishment of the shipbuilding works, and in 1881 it was resolved to transfer the engine works also.
		In 1867 they commenced shipbuilding and in about ten years after this departure they had turned out 137 vessels while during that period and in the two preceding decades they constructed 225 sets of engines and 300 boiler sets.
	gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk /airgli/airgli0112.htm (3004 words)

	BBC - Nation on Film - Shipbuilding - Background
		Shipbuilding's boom years came in the early 20th century stimulated by the build up of demand for warships and ship repair yards.
		Jarrow, a shipbuilding community, was one of the worst hit areas with unemployment reaching 74% at the height of the Depression.
		The Iron Shipbuilding Company was founded in 1871 by James Ramsden, General Manager of the Furness Railway Company who became first mayor of the new town of Barrow.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nationonfilm/topics/ship-building/background.shtml (907 words)

	Shipbuilding (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shipbuilding in Medford, Massachusetts was one of the biggest and most important business in its early history.
		The first record of shipbuilding was in 1631 July 4, it was 30 tons and built by John Winthrop called the "Blessing of the Bay" and was sold for 145 pounds.
		Medford's shipbuilding helped Medford get involved in the triangle trade and shipbuilding was such a large and successful industry that people from all over were coming to Medford just to build ships and get involved in the triangle trade.
	www.medford.org /History/book/shipbuild.htm (598 words)

	Shipbuilding Treatises
		Until records of shipbuilding practices were kept, such information was safeguarded in the minds of skilled masters who passed on the traditions orally from generation to generation, and by shared work experience.
		Since shipbuilding treatises either do not exist, or have not survived from earlier centuries, it is impossible to comprehend exactly how earlier vessels were constructed at this time.
		Nevertheless, shipbuilding trends can be examined via the analysis of these treatises, and hence it may be possible to acquire vestiges of more ancient techniques through the corroboration of other lines of evidence.
	nautarch.tamu.edu /shiplab/01George/treatises.htm (821 words)

	SMM Hamburg - Shipbuilding
		Shipbuilding: Among them are maritime trade fairs such as the SMM and the hanseboot, the INTERNORGA for the gastronomic sector, the WindEnergy and the H2Expo for the growth industry of renewable energies and consumer exhibitions such as DU UND DEINE WELT and REISEN HAMBURG.
		With 40 trade fairs, Shipbuilding, exhibitions and other events each year, housing up to 10,000 exhibitors and over one million visitors from all over the world, Hamburg Messe is one of the key addresses in Germany when it comes to trade fairs.
		Shipbuilding: Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH is specialised in organising and holding national and international trade fairs and congresses and for leasing hall space to guest event organisers.
	www.hamburg-messe.de /contents/shipbuilding (1962 words)

	Shipbuilding Association of Canada - ARTICLES (Site not responding. Last check: )
		That the various participants in the industrial marine and shipbuilding sector combine forces and undertake initiatives to clearly demonstrate their capabilities and competitiveness to the oil and gas industry and to provincial and federal government officials.
		The Canadian shipbuilding and industrial marine industry is recognized by the government as an important contributor to national and regional economies.
		As the shipbuilding and industrial marine industry consists of a strong manufacturing component, much of the industry falls within the jurisdiction of provincial governments.
	www.shipbuilding.ca /policy.shtml (2898 words)

	Shipbuilding in Ancient China - China Style
		Utilization of many shipbuilding techniques, such as the stern helm, the highly efficient propelling tool - scull, and the sails, were further improved during this period.
		China's shipbuilding reached its third climax during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), when an unprecedented number of ships were built by employing the well-developed shipbuilding technologies of the Tang and Song dynasties.
		The main shipbuilding yards included the Longjiang Shipyard in Nanjing of East China's Jiangsu Province, the Qingjiang Shipyard in Huainan of East China's Anhui Province, and the Beiqinghe Shipyard in East China's Shangdong Province, all of which boasted a large scale.
	library.thinkquest.org /05aug/01780/transportation/tools-shipbuilding.htm (1197 words)

	ExpectMore.gov: Navy Shipbuilding
		Shipbuilding does not make the most efficient use of the dollars associated with it for a number of reasons stated elsewhere in this assessment (i.e.
		For example, the shipbuilding program has had some significant cost increases on ships already under construction in the last several years, which has diverted funds from the construction of new ships.
		Work to ensure that shipbuilding decisions are made with long term fleet size and capability goals in mind.
	www.whitehouse.gov /omb/expectmore/detail.10000058.2005.html (3089 words)

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