Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No. 2: The Shipbuilding Technology Transfer Program. One of the most innovative ideas to come along in the shipbuilding industry in a very long time is the one that inspired the Shipbuilding Technology Transfer Program (TTP). The idea evolved from a long and tedious but finally successful attempt by Levingston Shipbuilding Company (LSCo) to secure a contract for the construction of five 36,OOO DWT dry bulk carriers. These ships were to be built to a modified design of the Future-32 class ships previously designed and built by Tshikawajima- Harima Heavy Industries (TNT) of Japan. Because the design was to be modified to provide two medium-size diesel engines instead of the single engine in the original design Levingston contracted with TNT for on-site design engineering support. It was at this point when the idea of transferring Japanese production technology occurred to the Levingston management.
National Shipbuilding Research Program. Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No. 2: The Shipbuilding Technology Transfer Program
1979
18 pages
Report
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English