Ship Construction, Seventh Edition, offers guidance for ship design and shipbuilding from start to finish. It provides an overview of current shipyard techniques, safety in shipyard practice, materials and strengths, welding and cutting, and ship structure, along with computer-aided design and manufacture, international regulations for ship types, new materials, and fabrication technologies.
Comprised of seven sections divided into 32 chapters, the book introduces the reader to shipbuilding, including the basic design of a ship, ship dimensions and category, and development of ship types....

Shipbuilding has undergone major changes in recent years with the growth of Far East shipyards. Part of the Business of Shipping series - which seeks to explain the nature of the business through practical examples used in the commercial environment - this work covers both the commercial and technical aspects of the industry, setting these in the political and economic climate. The text covers product development, design and technological advances, materials planning, productivity, operation and procedures from invitation to tender to delivery in the context of the historical developmental of...