Several maritime countries around the world care for having efficient maritime merchant fleet serving its foreign trade, also serving as a strategic tool in war and crisis time, the fleet enables job opportunities and employment for...
moreSeveral maritime countries around the world care for having efficient maritime merchant fleet serving its foreign trade, also serving as a strategic tool in war and crisis time, the fleet enables job opportunities and employment for maritime labor force, the research problem has to do with fact that Egypt as a maritime country does not have a ship building industry enough to match its current and future merchant fleet development.
The research aims to describe the current situation in Egyptian shipbuilding industry by means of SWOT analysis, also concluding lessons from other developing countries which achieved significant progress in that field , the research illustrated the absence of a national ship building strategy in Egypt and the lack of integration between shipbuilding sector with other industrial and economic sectors , the obsolete technological infrastructure , the redundant unskilled labor force , all with other factors shed negative impacts on the performance and productivity of Egyptian ship yards and its competitive advantage .
The research concluded the importance of establishing integrated competitive strategy for shipbuilding industry in Egypt , implemented by independent council managed by representatives from all shipbuilding concerned parts to participate in developing the sector and modernizing its technological infrastructure , in parallel another strategy for iron and steel industry for producing special steel sections according to international standards , a comprehensive marketing plan should be implemented for the shipbuilding sector in general and for each shipbuilding yard according to its vision , mission and competitive strategy .
