Here’s just a bit of data about commercial ship deliveries.
For the six year period 2015-2020, inclusive, US shipbuilding delivered 30 large ships ranging from 26,410 to 53,400 DWT.[1] Contract costs ranged from $125M - $255M. The builders were:
- Keppel AmFELS, Brownsville, TX
- NASSCO, San Diego, CA
- Philly Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA
- VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Mississippi.
- Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI
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Ship Deliveries 2015-2020 |
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Container/RORO |
10 |
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Dry Bulk |
1 |
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Offshore Rig |
1 |
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Product/Chemical Carriers |
18 |
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| NASSCO Orca Class Ro-Ro |
I was slightly surprised to learn that some thirty to forty smaller craft, such as tugs, tows, barges, and the like are delivered each year from a multitude of shipyards.
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[1]http://shipbuildinghistory.com/statistics/currentcommercial.htm
Just look global ship building order in October, 2022, yes, one month:
ReplyDelete3.41 million CGT, China and Korea got more than 90%.
"Korea’s order intake totaled 1.43 million CGT (22 ships), ranking second with a market share of 42 percent. China took first place with 1.8 million CGT (32 ships, a 53 percent share)."
from Hellenic Shipping News.
That's just a devastating data point. Reminiscent of America's shipbuilding dominance in WW2, ...maybe even worse. And we know who won that one. Gadzooks!, we are effective the Japanese going up against Uncle Sam at this point (except now with gender transition, wokeism, and teenagers addicted to Tiktok....instead of Bushido code).
Delete"except now with gender transition, wokeism, and teenagers addicted to Tiktok....instead of Bushido code"
DeleteIt's FAR WORSE than that. Bushido is meant to instill a warrior mentality, preparing its practitioner to fight and die in battle.
Woke ideology instills a BULLY mentality, preparing its practitioner to ASK OTHERS TO FIGHT, usually against those who cannot or will not fight back. That may work to force a movie studio to add "diverse" and "inclusive" characters in its movies, but against those that will retaliate with violence, like the Russian or Chinese militaries? The Woke will flee when the first shots are fired, assuming there are enough who survive those first shots.
Woke & Anti-Woke are the same group, that in the old days deluged management wonderful new theories & seminars on Sig Sigma TQM Taylorism and 6 habits
Deleteof highly ineffective managers. Free donuts and a nap,
is what you get at the seminar. I like naps.
Let's let that be the end of the sociology. There are many blogs for that. We'll stick with naval matters! Thanks.
DeleteRussia received delivery of a floating dock capable of making 100,000 ton ships a couple weeks ago. Apparently, it was ordered before the war had started. It will stay in Fast East of Russia than help ships damaged in the war.
DeleteI think that Navy can consider this to add its capacity.
https://europe-cities.com/2022/12/11/russia-received-a-new-floating-dock-which-began-to-be-perceived-in-the-country/
How many of these are "Lakers" - ships designed to serve on the Great Lakes?
ReplyDeleteNone. The first one of those just came out of Bay Shipbuilding. First in like 40 years. Lakers don't corrode much in fresh water.
DeleteBay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay is the descendant of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company that built Gato class submarines on Lake Michigan during WW2.
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I live in Sturgeon Bay. Its really a joy to watch with my own eyes that at least some manufacturing prowess still exists in this country.
ReplyDeleteAs mentioned above, this is a scary data point!!! And although navy and civilian construction is somewhat interwoven, im still wondering about the potentially needless inflation of warship costs due to build times, and what would be a best course to fix it?? I know its a complex subject, with a ton of relevant details, lots of "what ifs", and plenty of potential napkin doodles and math. Sorry CNO, but the last post created a lot of questions, and I didnt hear any answers, and Id like to!!
ReplyDelete" the last post created a lot of questions, and I didnt hear any answers, and Id like to!!"
DeleteI've presented the answers in various posts and comments although I neglected to list them in the last post. Here's a brief recap of some of the answers.
-Build less complex ships. The more complex, the longer the build time.
-Build smaller, single function ships. The smaller the ship, the faster the build.
Build smaller, single function ships. The smaller the ship, the less it costs and the less it costs, the more of them you can build which, eventually, leads to bigger yards with faster throughput.
-Reduce and streamline regulatory restrictions. The less regulations, the faster (and cheaper) the build time.
-Ban change orders. Change orders slow construction time.
And so on.