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Imperial Arsenal, also known as Haliç Tersaneleri is the world's oldest shipyard that is still in operation. Founded in 1455 2 years after the Conquest of Constantinople by Mehmet the Conqueror; Inebolu Shipyard Kastamonu, İnebolu; Istanbul Naval Shipyard Tuzla, Istanbul
Pages in category "Shipbuilding companies of Japan" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
Company name Primary Industry 2016 Revenue (USD billion) 2015 Revenue (USD billion) 2010 Revenue (USD billion) 2009 Revenue (USD billion) 2008 Revenue (USD billion) Headquarters Founded Employees (thousands) Executive head 1: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries: Shipbuilding: $33.89: $39.33: $19.67: Ulsan, South Korea: 1972: 26.0 (2011) Lee Sang-kyun ...
Imabari Shipbuilding currently operates nine ship building and maintenance facilities as well as marketing offices in Tokyo and Amsterdam. [citation needed]Plans were announced in January 2015 to build a new purpose-built dry dock facility at Marugame for the fabrication of a new generation of container ships in excess of 20,000 TEU. [5]
Japanese escort ship No.13; Japanese escort ship No.17; Japanese escort ship No.19; Japanese escort ship No.23; Japanese escort ship No.35; Japanese escort ship CD-47; Japanese escort ship CD-53; Japanese escort ship CD-75; Japanese escort ship CD-207; MS Celtic Star; MV Ciara Joie 5; MV City of St. Petersburg; MV Cougar Ace; Crimson Polaris
The list is also sortable by population, area, density and foundation date. Most large cities in Japan are cities designated by government ordinance. Some regionally important cities are designated as core cities. Tokyo is not included on this list, as the City of Tokyo ceased to exist on July 1, 1943.
After World War II, Fujinagata was restored to private ownership and recovered by building fishing vessels, merchant vessels and tankers. In 1962, it completed its first LNG carrier. In October 1967, the company was purchased by Mitsui Shipbuilding and Engineering, thus ending its long history as the oldest independent shipbuilder in Japan.
The market share of European ship builders began to decline in the 1960s as they lost work to Japan in the same way Japan most recently lost their work to South Korea and China. Over the four years from 2007, the total number of employees in the European shipbuilding industry declined from 150,000 to 115,000. [76]