Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.
Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both commercial and military, are referred to as "naval engineering". The construction of boats is a similar activity called boat building.
Archaeological evidence indicates that humans arrived on Borneo at least 120,000years ago, probably by sea from the Asian mainland during an ice age period when the sea was lower and distances between islands shorter (See History of Borneo and Papua New Guinea). The ancestors of Australian Aborigines and New Guineans also went across the Lombok Strait to Sahul by boat over 50,000years ago.
In his national address last month, US PresidentDonald Trump vowed to set up a new office of shipbuilding in the White House to "resurrect the American shipbuilding industry, including commercial shipbuilding and military shipbuilding".
The Navy has invested billions in its shipbuilding industrial base ... The Navy is facing tremendous challenges with its shipbuilding programs ... So the industrial base for shipbuilding has completely atrophied over the past couple of decades.
It is expected to generate employment and drive economic growth in the region, he says; he sanctions a double road from the national highway to Valaparla Industrial Park and a water storage tank at Valaparla ....
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN SHIPBUILDING CLUSTERS ... The various steps taken to upgrade and modernise the shipbuilding sectors across India and the shipbuilding are as under. ... shipbuilding activities.