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Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial construction. The terms are routinely used interchangeably, in part because the evolution of dockyards and shipyards has often caused them to change or merge roles. Countries with large ship building industries include South Korea, Australia, Japan, China, Germany, Turkey, Poland and Croatia. The shipbuilding industry tends to be more fragmented in Europe than in Asia. In European countries there are more smaller companies, compared to the fewer, larger companies in the ship building countries of Asia. Most ship builders in the United States are privately owned, the largest being Northrop Grumman, a multi-billion dollar defense contractor. The publicly owned shipyards in the US are Naval facilities providing basing, support and repair. Shipyards are constructed by the sea or by tidal rivers to allow easy access for their ships. In the United Kingdom, for example, shipyards were established on the River Thames (King Henry VIII founded yards at Woolwich and Deptford in 1512 and 1513 respectively), River Mersey, River Tees, River Tyne, River Wear and River Clyde - the latter growing to be the World's pre-eminent shipbuilding centre. Sir Alfred Yarrow established his yard by the Thames in London's Docklands in the late 19th century before moving it northwards to the banks of the Clyde at Scotstoun (1906-08). Other famous UK shipyards include the Harland and Wolff yard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the Titanic was built, and the naval dockyard at Chatham, England on the Medway in north Kent. The site of a large shipyard will contain many specialised cranes, dry docks, slipways, dust-free warehouses, painting facilities and extremely large areas for fabrication of the ships. After a ship's useful life is over, it makes its final voyage to a shipbreaking yard, often on a beach in South Asia. Historically shipbreaking was carried on in drydock in developed countries, but high wages and environmental regulations have resulted in movement of the industry to developing regions. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Solidarity v jobs in Gdansk shipyards etc? Q. It seems to me that by the workers in the shipyards and steelworks opposing communism that they lost/are losing their jobs. Is this correct? Do you think they would do this again knowing that they would lose their jobs? I think the country is better off now without communism but did these workers pay too high a price? Asked by michallikes - Mon May 4 11:52:09 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. For one thing, the same people who were in power during communism are still in power today. Not all of them but many of them. After communism fail a lot of things have fallowed. A good example is let's say a company that was making a type of paper clips. Now this was the only company in Europe who had this type of production. All the other countries needed to buy from Poland. By 1992 the factory was sold to people from a different country (I think Denmark) and the new owner shut down the factory soon after and opened one in his country. Now all the Euro countries need to buy from them (including Poland). This was happening everywhere in Poland with different factories. This is just one example (if you want more details let me know). My… [cont.] Answered by sometalhead - Tue May 5 12:12:06 2009 What shipyard was the Titanic built in? Q. I know it was in Belfast. My great-great grandfather helped build her, so I would like to know the name of the shipyard. Thanks. Asked by rachely1 - Wed Nov 22 19:29:02 2006 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Harland & Wolff Answered by Weatherman - Wed Nov 22 19:31:39 2006 What is the proper purchase rate for ABG Shipyard?
Q. It has been significantly going down since yesterday after touching a peak of Rs 95. Asked by Deepshikha - Wed Feb 11 07:53:07 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Dear saurav You cannot define the exact price to purchase. Charts should give signal to buy. Overall undertone of the market is weak. Wait for sometime. Let the markets find its bottom and then we can consider buying any script after looking charts. Till then just keep the cash, or trade only in nifty with strict stop loss. thanks ibrar.k. Answered by rahul - Wed Feb 11 08:32:32 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Shipyards"
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