The purpose of the report is to provide a world wide summary of shipbuilding and steel industry practice, both to inform and to form the basis for identifying potential areas of joint research that would result in U.S. shipbuilders becoming internationally competitive, which in turn would increase the demand for steel. This report has been prepared as part of a study funded by the American Iron and Steel Institute, Shipbuilding Marketing Task Group. It was requested after substantial exploratory activity involving interviews, visits and meetings between U.S. steel industry and U.S. shipbuilding industry representatives.
