Welding Productivity in Ship Building

Abstract

Indian, shipping is growing rapidly but Indian shipyards are not able to deliver even a fraction of the tonnage being added annually. Extraordinarily long building period due to poor productivity in Indian Shipyards has been attributed to be the cause of this paradoxical state.

Hull fabrication takes up major part of building effort for the types of ships in vogue to-day. Welding, playing an important role inactivity of hull fabrication, has been discussed in the present paper and recommendations made for improvement of welding productivity in Indian Shipyards.