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.
The partnership also marks GCMD’s inaugural centre-level partnership with a South Korean shipbuilding entity, broadening its reach to South Korea... The time for action is now, and we are fully committed to driving meaningful change.
...Shipbuilding under ChinaState Shipbuilding Corp, along with China Shipbuilding Trading Co Ltd on Friday, making Hudong-Zhonghua's total large container ship orders it received surpass 100.
To complement its rapidly developing maritime sector, Morocco is gearing up to support domestic shipbuilding ... In its 2023 annual report, CESE identified shipbuilding as a potential high-growth sector for the Moroccan economy.
Shares of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, a leading defence public-sector shipyard under the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in India, surged nearly 8.7% to ₹4,608 apiece on Friday, October 18 after the company ...