Shipbuilding deals with the design and construction of ships, boats and other water vessels. The construction takes place in shipyards. The workers specialized in buildings them are called ship builders. Building of a ship is very complex task. It takes years to construct a full ship. It involves a number of operations and processes. It requires proper analysis and observation of the various parts and their proper integration. It requires a good knowledge of tools and equipments, water bodies, fluid mechanics, machineries and their usage etc. Various types of ship include small and big, ships for civil purpose and military purpose, passenger ships and cargo vessels etc. All these types of vessels are different in one or some respect and hence need to be build according to their function.
Complete construction of a ship involves a number of stages. First of all, the individual blocks of the ship need to be constructed, for which the fabricated sections are assembled. The various sections of the ship are built individually. Individual sections are built according to their requirements. Then the individual parts are finally attached to one another to form a ship. The ship is then fitted with all the necessary items like pipes, wires and cables. They are then decorated as desired and additional features are installed as per the requirement. All these processes require good amount of skills and talent.
The type of materials used in the ship and their design, make them last accordingly. Some vessels are long lasting whereas some last for comparatively less time. The water vehicles designed in the past century are the very long lasting and durable as compared to the ships designed earlier. The use of modern sophisticated technology, skilled work force has led to the construction of finest vessels ever.
Building a ship requires a huge amount of capital, thousands of workers, a lot of time and sufficient amount of labour, and energy. Hence it is one of the toughest tasks in the world. There are number of companies all over the world who are responsible for the designing of some of the best shipping vessels of the world. They specialize in all types of ship including civil and naval, passenger ships and cargo ships, cruise vessels and general water vessel etc. they make a very tough task possible. Ships play an important role in international trade and commerce. Hence shipbuilding industry has a very good scope in the future.