The business of shipbuilding /
- 1 online resource (xxi, 278 pages)
First published 1999 by LLP Reference Pub.
1. The market for ships -- 2. Political influences on shipbuilding -- 3. Other external influences -- 4. Supply in the shipbuilding business -- 5. Securing orders -- 6. The shipbuilding contract -- 7. Ship design -- 8. Materials and services for shipbuilding -- 9. Ship production planning and production engineering -- 10. Organisation of shipbuilding -- 11. The production technology -- 12. The development of shipbuilding facilities -- 13. Quality assurance -- 14. The future development of the industry.