This document provides an overview of ship construction and outlines a 7-week course on the topic. It will cover ship structure, types of ships, construction processes, regulatory bodies, and key components. Students will learn about structural members, terminology, and framing systems. The document lists learning objectives and navigation for the course, which will cover construction overview, the construction process, ship dimensions and forms, development of ship types, ship structure, outfitting, and a final assignment project.

1. SHIP CONSTRUCTION
By;
DR. Oladokun Sulaiman Olanrewaju

2. General Learning Objective:
At the end of the lesson , students will
be able to :
• Mention accurately structural
members of ship constructions
• Define Ship's terminology properly
• Explain the types of framing system
typically applied for ship construction

3. Navigation
Week 1 – Ship construction overview
Week 2 - ship construction process
Week 2 - Ship form and dimension
Week 3 – The development of ship types
Week 5 – Ship structure
Week 6 – ship outfitting
Week 7 – assignment project

4. INTRODUCTION
Ship construction overview
Introduction to the Ship Constructions and some
aspects to be considered that affect on its design.
• SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the topic student will be able to:
• Know the nature of ship building
• Know the importance of shipbuilding
• Know Ship building process and shipyard practice
• Know the ship building regulatory bodies

5. INTRODUCTION

6. Nature of shipbuilding
• Occupy large areas and employ large number of people
• Multiple discipline that involve naval architecture, Mechanical
engineer , marine engineer, structure , finance, and
management
• Require diverse skill worker including welder, joiner, filters
etc
• Tailor made complex job oriented which requires tremendous
amount of planning and information exchange
• Require large capital investment
• Matured industry with establish technology

7. IMPORTANCE OF SHIPBUILDING
Shipbuilding is important in economy of the nations for the
following reason:
• To provide sea transport that is economic, reliable , safe and
effective for transportation goods and passenger
• To reduce foreign decency on foreign ships
• To reduce payment to foreign ship for import and export
• In emergency situation
• Source of foreign exchange

8. Ship building process
• Owner requirements-
• Preliminary / concept design-
Dimension
Displacement
Stability
Propulsive characteristics and hull form
Detail general arrangement
Principal structural details
• Contract design
• Bidding and contracting
• Detail design
• planning and scheduling
• Construction

9. Ship types
Cargo ship
• Tanker
• Bulk carrier
• Passenger ships
• Fishing vessels
• Industrial vessels
• Combatant ships
• Others

10. Shipyard facilities
• Location and access to
water-graving dock, Surface preparation and coating
launching, ways or Pipe
floating dry-dock Sheet metal
• Piers Machine
Electrical
• Shops to perform Storage
work related to :
Offices
• Steelmaking, cutting,
• And forming shop
• Steel assembly shop

11. Shipyard organization
• Administration
• Production
• Engineering
• Purchasing
• Quality assurance
• Project management

12. Trade skill
• Air condition and Lofts man
equipment mechanics Machinist- inside and outside
• Blaster Molder
• Boiler maker Ordinance equipment
• Carpenter mechanics
• chipper / grinder Painter
• Electrician- inside and Patternmaker
outside Pipe filter, Pipe welder
• Electronics Rigger/ crane operator
• Electroplating Sheet metal mechanics
• Insulator Shipfittter
• Joiner Shipwright
Tacker/ burner
• Laborer
Welder

13. Classification society and regulatory agencies
• Classification society and regulatory agency :
• ABS
• LLOYD
• BV
• GERMANISHER LLOYD
• RINA
• NIPON GAIGI NKOKAI
• DnV