336611 Ship Building and Repairing
Overview
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating shipyards. Shipyards are fixed facilities with drydocks and fabrication equipment capable of building a ship, defined as watercraft typically suitable or intended for other than personal or recreational use. Activities of shipyards include the construction of ships, their repair, conversion and alteration, the production of prefabricated ship and barge sections, and specialized services, such as ship scaling.
Illustrative Examples:
Barge building
Cargo ship building
Drilling and production platforms, floating, oil and gas, building
Passenger ship building
Submarine building
Yachts built in shipyards
Top Organizations
Cross-References
- Fabricating structural assemblies or components for ships, or subcontractors engaged in ship painting, joinery, carpentry work, and electrical wiring installation--are classified based on the production process used; and
- Ship repairs performed in floating drydocks--are classified in Industry 488390, Other Support Activities for Water Transportation.
Index Entries
| Barge building |
| Cargo ship building |
| Container ship building |
| Dredge building |
| Drilling and production platforms, floating, oil and gas, building |
| Drydock, floating, building |
| Ferryboat building |
| Fireboat building |
| Fishing boat, commercial, building |
| Hydrofoil vessel building and repairing in shipyard |
| Naval ship building |
| Oil and gas offshore floating platforms manufacturing |
| Passenger ship building |
| Patrol boat building |
| Sailing ships, commercial, manufacturing |
| Ship dismantling at shipyards |
| Ship repair done in a shipyard |
| Ship scaling services done at a shipyard |
| Ships (i.e., not suitable or intended for personal use) manufacturing |
| Shipyard (i.e., facility capable of building ships) |
| Submarine building |
| Towboat building and repairing |
| Tugboat building |
| Underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) manufacturing in shipyards |
| Unmanned and robotic watercraft manufacturing in shipyards |
| Yachts built in shipyards |