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In carrying out this research work, I owe a lot of gratitude to so many people
who have contributed in no small measure to the succesful outcome of this work. First,
contributions and constructive criticism. Many thanks also go to Dr. M. Anuolam and
Dr. G. E. Nworuh, my Co-Supervisors for their help and painstakingly reviewing every
bit of this work. I also acknowledge the invaluable assistance of my Schools Dean,
Prof. (Mrs) T. Y. Obah for her comments on the draft of the manuscript. Valuable
gratefully acknowledged.
I also wish to express my appreciation to the staff and students of the Department
of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, U.S.A. for granting me another opportunity to use their facilities for this
research work. The roll call which is by no means exhaustive includes the Chairman of
the Department, Prof. Bemitsas, Emeritus Professors Benford and Yagle, Profs. Bunch,
Perakis, Moore, Beck, Vorus, the Administrative Secretary, Virginia Konz, and
The management and staff of the shipyards that I visited are hereby acknowledged
for their contribution. These include Engr. (Dr.) N. V. Ozobia, the Chief Executive and
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, U.S.A. I am also
grateful to the staff of National Maritime Authority, especially Mallam Dikko T. Bala,
Assistant Head of Lagos Zone and Hadjia Aisha Askira, the Librarian for allowing me
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I also want to thank the individuals and organisations that provided the financial
support for my trip to the U.S.A. The World Bank through the National Universities
I. Mwufo, Mr. John Lutz, Mr. Tony Ibeh; Mr. B. A. Nzeako and family, my brothers
and sisters, Paul, Henry, Kenneth, Lucy; my family: my wife Rose, and Obinna,
Ijeoma, Chioma and Chika. Many thanks go to Georgenia, Uloeze and Nyema for typing
this manuscript.
I hope that any item, place or person omitted in this acknowledgement will not
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ABSTRACT
This study investigates and determines certain aspects of section 5 of Decree No. 10
of 1987 on the National Shipping Policy. It deals with the relative cost of construction of
comparable vessels in Nigeria and in foreign countries (i.e. USA. U.K. Japan, and S.
Korea).
The Nigerian shipping industry has always been'saddled with the problems of ship
acquisition costs, of where to purchase ships and of the long-term need to resolve ship
The major thrust of this study is the estimation of new ship construction costs based
on a comparative study among the notable shipbuilding nations named above. Basic ship
design was utilized in the determination of major ship characteristics permitting the
preparation of initial cost estimates. Costs were addressed through cost estimation, the
process by which the investment and operating costs of transportation systems are predicted.
Two models were used in the course of this study: The Budget estimate model which
evaluates construction costs and the OECD model which gauges the shipbuilding effort in
The study determined that the comparable vessel that meets Nigerian shipping
$27M (Japan), $25M (U.K.), $24M (U.S.), $22M (S.Korea), and $15M (Nigeria), and then
following shipbuilding effort in Cost/CGT (compensated gross ton), $ :2 ,121 (Japan), 1.964
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These results are of course indicative of foreign prices lists, which can be used for
assessing where to purchase ships, and for procuring aid in construction. Furthermore these
results show 77% changes in relative cost in favour of Nigeria and implies that
shipbuilding would be a viable project. The government can begin to initiate the next phase of
shipyard development for the economics of ship system construction and operations determines
success or failure, in which small differences in cost between competitors are decisive.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
DEDICATION i
CERTIFICATION ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii
ABSTRACT iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS vi
LIST OF FIGURES ix
LIST OF TABLES xiv
LIST OF APPENDICES xvi.
GLOSSARY xvii
1.1 Background 1
1.11 Shipping Industry 3
1.2 The Nigerian Maritime Industry 7
1.2.1 National Shipping Policy 8
1.2.2 Shipbuilding Industry 9
1.3 Overview of Ship ConstructionCost 14
1.4 Statement of Problem 17
1.5 Objective of the study 18
1.6 Significance of the study 18
1.7 Scope of study 19
1.8 Limitations 19
1.9 The orgainsation of the Dissertation 20
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CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 21-90
2.1 Introduction 21
2.2 Historical Perspectives 21
2.2.1 Development of Shipyards 27
2.3 Basic Ship Design Approach and Construction Cost 30
2.3.1 Planning and Scheduling Basic Ship Design 33
2.4 Estimating weights, costs, volumes and hydrodynamics 35
2.4.1 Ship form Definition, Resistance and Powering Relationships 37
2.4.2 Lightship weights 42
2.4.3 Ship-building costs 43
2.4.4 Volume Estimation 46
2.4.5 Transport Capacity: Formulars for Transport Systems 48
2.5 Economic Criteria 49
2.5.1 The Cost of Acquisition 50
2.5.2 Ship Prices and Capital Costs 51
2.5.3 Operating Costs and Components 54
2.5.4 Voyage Costs and Banker Prices 56
2.5.5 Shipbuilding Financing and Investment .56
2.6 Economic Factors 60
2.6.1 Ship Construction Cost Competitiveness 61
2.6.2 Exchange Rates 63
2.6.3 Shipbuilding Labour Costs 66
2.6.4 Labour Productivity 68
2.6.5 Material Costs 72
2.6.6 Overhead Costs 73
2.6.7 Effect of Subsidies 74
2.7 Measures of Merit 76
2.7.1 Net Present value 77
2.7.2 Yield 78
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2.7.3 Average Annual Cost 80
2.8 Computer Applicationsin Basic Ship Design 82
2.9 The Learning Curve 85
2.10 Inflation and Labour cost 89
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4.2.2 Number and Types of Ship 107
4.2.3 Age profile of the National fleet 108
4.2.4 Demand on ship size ranges HI
4.2.5 Speed 114
4.2.6 Methods of propulsion 114
4.2.7 Determination of major ship characteristics 116
4.2.7.1 Principal dimension 116
4.2.7.2 Cargo 120
4.2.7.3 Propulsion plant 121
4.2.7.4 Superstructure 121
4.2.7.5 Economic considerations 125
4.2.7.6 Operating days 125
4.2.7.7 Days in ports 126
4.2.7.8 Endurance 126
4.2.8 Back Carrier design selection 128
4.2.8.1 Vessel description 134
4.2.8.2 ' General Description and mission 136
4.2.8.3 Main characteristics of the vessel 138
4.3 Shipbuilding Construction Cost Estimates 141
4.3.1 Economic performance 146
4.3.2 Accuracy of construction cost estimate 146
4.3.3 Comparative costs with shipyards worldwide 149
4.4 Inflation and Labour cost estimate 153
4.5 Time of Delivery of the Vessel 156
4.5.1 Basic Trade Requirement 156
4.5.2 Preliminary Designs 157
4.5.3 Bidding/Constricting 158
4.5.3,1 Events, Production planning and scheduling 162
4.5.4 Fundamental measures 170
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4.5.5 Required Information 173
4.5.6 Standardization of Design and Equipment 173
4.6 Shipyard Capability and capacity 175
4.6.1 Shipyard Facility 175
4.6.2 Number of Employee of the shipbuilding sector 178
4.7 Implementation 179
4.7.1 Immediate Take-off of the shipbuilding programme 180
4.7.2 Plan for Implementation 181
4.7.2il The Cradle period; 1999-2003 181
4.7.2.2 ' The Capacity cultivation period; 2004-2008 181
4.7.2.3 Capacity Expansion Period; 2009-2019 182
4.8 Discussion of Results 189
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LIST OF FIGURES
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LISTS OF TABLES
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Table 4.11 Principal particulars of the proposed ship types 135
Table 4.12 Principal characteristics of the Handysize bulk carrier 138
Table 4.13 Shipbuilding Cost Estimate and Ship Prices 142
Table 4.14 Building Cost of Nigerian Shipbuilding Industry
(Comparison with US., U.K., Japan and S. Korea in1995) 143
Table 4.15 Ranking according to cost of Construction 145
Table 4.16 Economic Summary 147
Table 4.17 Summary of Economic performance and Operating Data 148
Table 4.18 Comparing the Income per unit of work 150
Table 4.19 HodrLy compensation rates of shipyard labour 153
Table 4.20 Construction Schedule for Seven Handysize/Handymax - 162
Table 4.21 Bulk carrier construction labour allocation 167
Table 4.22 Manpower Requirement 168
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LIST OF APPENDICES
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GLOSSARY
List of abreviations.
M Million
$ Dollars U.S.
List of Symbols
B Shipfe beam, m
CB Block coefficient
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CP Prismatic coefficient
Cv Volumetric coefficient
CN Cubic number
D Ships depth, m
L Ships length, m
T Ships draught, m
V Velocity, knots
In the review of engineering economy, these symbols and abreviations are applied;
AAC average annual cost (operating cost plus annual cost of capital recovery)
I interest payment
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i interest rate (before tax) per annum compounded annually
period, also any net present value of all cash flows discounted to the present
T tax rate
Y annual operating costs (wages, repairs, fuel insurance, over head, etc.)
difference or increment.
UNITS
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
The world depends on merchant ships to transport over 80 percent (by weight) of all
international seaborne trade. Shipping accounts for more than 4 billion tonnes of cargo each
year and the total annual tonne-mile exceeds 19 trillion worldwide. Nigerias shipping
market (excluding crude oil) accounts for about 120 million tonne-mile annually (about 0.13
per cent of the world total) and yet plays a very significant role in the nations economy.
Ships facilitate trade and are a very crucial component of a nations competitiveness in
international markets. The shipping industry, worldwide, represents a vital area of economic
activity which plays an overwhelming role in any nations aggregate economy. Apart from
being a major foreign exchange earner, the industry generates substantial employment
recognition of this, has indicated that where national investment in shipping can be justified
increasing the invisible earning capacity of. developing nations with an export/import
potential. For developing countries, foreign exchange earned from international maritime
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encompassing transport from one supplier to some consumer. It exists in order to produce
profitable returns by providing a socially useful service. Ships time in the maritime industry
is extremely valuable. The importance of shipping in the maritime industry can be quantified
The opportunity cost for a US flag vessel on the West Coast of USA could be
$25,000 a day or about $1,000 per hour. With this knowledge, it is also possible to estimate
the freight earnings or gross revenue Nigeria would earn In her international seaborne trade
as follows:
On the other hand this amount represents lost freight earnings (for non-participation
in lifting her seaborne trade), thereby negatively contributing to the Nations Balance of
Payments.
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1.1.1 snipping industry
maritime nation has been involved in export/import trade that predates the colonial era.
According to the Central Bank of Nigeria Report on Balance of Payments, (BOP), from 1981
to 1989, the cost, insurance and freight, (C.I.F.) of the goods involved in this trade amounts
to over two hundred billion dollars. From a closer analysis o f the BOP report three salient
facts emerge:
1. Nigeria earned $1.5 billion dollars, that is, 13.6% of the total freight instead
of $4.4 billion (40%) or $5.5 billion (50%) which were possible with regard
these facts.
2. Nigerian Flag Ships constituted only 13.8 percent of the ships that entered
3. Nigerian Flag Ships lifted less than 12 per cent of the cargoes generated by
Hence it has been evaluated (Useni, 1985) that there exist in the countrys shipping
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TABLE l.l
The deteriorating economic condition and the adverse impact of the structural
adjustment programme, (SAP), that was started in June 1986 aided the decline in the
purchase of foreign-built ships, to meet Governments estimated demand tor ISO new ships
Faced with the issue of resolving the domestic ships demand, the shipping industry is
confronted with the determination of ship acquisition alternatives and cost estimates of the
following:-
Conversion of existing ships. There are virtually no ships and that number in
By 1994, there were about six shipping lines with "National carrier status in
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Shipping Company (Nigeria)Ltd, Bulkship (Nigeria) Ltd, African Ocean
Lines, Niger Brass and Nigerian Green Lines. Table 1.2 below shows the
1990. During 1994, five vessels belonging to the NNSL were disposed of for
being old and uneconomic. Some vessels could not sail for lack of insurance
cover and others were under arrest by foreign creditors. To address the
NNSL became bankrupt in 199S. The remaining vessels and their assests were
liquidated. A new company, the Nigerian Unity Line was established with a
Poland (VANGUARD, 1998), that is the only vessel belonging to the national
merchant fleet.
US-flagged vessel is about $25,000 a day or about $1,000 per hour (DiElsi,
1989). For a projected 150 ships in the national fleet it would entail about
war, exemplified during the Nigerian civil war, 1967-1970; the refugee crisis
in Ghana in 1970; Equatorial Guinea in 1975, and more recently during the
carrier from the Far East ship-builders would sell for about $30M in 1990 and
expected to cost $S0 million in the year 2000 (Carson and Lamb, 1990.)
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TABLE 1 .2
African O c e a n Line - - - - - - - - -
SOURCE: SURVEY BY THE NV1A RESEARCH, PLAWING & STATISTICS EEPT, 199 4.
* New construction. Ship prices are higher than new construction costs, and
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they follow commdity prices. So it might be plausible to consider
In the past two decades, Nigeria has experienced a steady growth in its economy
whicii raised the demand for international trade wHich in turn created a predictable and
steadily growing, derived demand for marine transportaion services, hence shipyard services.
This implies that the demand for particular ships and shipping services evolved with positive
A ship operator that perceived such a change in demand would respond in the
i following ways:
Nigerian ship owners have been involved in the first two options namely: by increasing the
utilization and efficiency of its ships and chartering and purchasing arangement. The
Nigerian-flag merchant ships have constituted less than 12 percent of the tonnage calling at
the domestic ports and earned less than 13 percent of die freights over the years.
The Federal Government has estimated that in order to be able to earn about 50
percent of freights based on the UNCTAD 40:40:20 cargo sharing formula, the national fleet
ships. Buying these could be cost-prohibitive. The long-term solution could be met by
building cheaper vessels locally as implied bt the National Shipping Policy Decree 10 of 1987.
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1.2.1 National Shipping Policy
Faced with the problem of ship shortages and lack of the desired tonnage in the
national fleet, the Nigerian Government promulgated the National Shipping Policy Decree
No. 10 of 1987. This Decree was designed to correct the imbalances in the shipping industry
and to ensure expansion and stabilization of the maritime trade. Its major objective is
development in shipment (freights) vis-a-vis seaborne trade and acceleration of development
in seaborne transportation. Section 5 of Decree N o.. 10 sets out special functions of the
National Maritime Authority (NMA). These functions relate to the subject of this research
work and include determination of:
1. Bulk cargo carrying services for the purposes of promotion, development,
expansion and maintenance of the foreign commerce of Nigeria, the national
defence and other national requirements provided by Nigerian Flag vessel
whether or not operating on a particular ocean service, route or line;
2. The type, size, speed, method of propulsion of vessels which should be
employed (in the National Fleet), etc.
3. The relative cost of construction of comparable vessels in Nigeria and in
foreign countries.
4. The number, location and efficiency of shipyard existing on the date of the
promulgation of this Decree or thereafter built in Nigeria.
The overall question is, how can this transportation problem be solved economically?
In other words, how many ships would be employed and what would be their dimensions and
speed so that transportation costs can be minimized? Are there avenues towards ensuring
years, and with respect to some foreign maritime nations such as the U.S., U.K.. Japan, and
South Korea? The challenge is the planning and development of Nigerias commercial ships
for the future in order to resolve both domestic and international shipping needs. Constraints
such as limitation of draughts at the terminal ports influence the design of the ship. Sound
naval architecture and marine engineering need to be employed to overcome this problem
with appropriate ship designs, to achieve construction costs of comparable vessels in Nigeria
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The aims stated above are discussed in this thesis, and the intent here is also to
highlight changes in relative ship construction costs among some shipbuilding nations, the
benefits and the potential impact on prospects for Nigerian shipbuilding tomorrow. With
abundant human resources, low wage rate, cheap energy, budding iron and steel complex,
and high labour productivity among other factors, Nigerias prospect of building ships for
its domestic market seems bright. Having executed notable projects since 1970, that include
Ports development, extensive modern road network, petroleum refineries, petrochemical and
liquefied natural gas complex, dams etc., Nigerias labour productive factor of 2.22 can be
adjudged to be high when compared with those of developed and emerging nations
(Humphreys, 1993):
It has been observed that in the Third World, cheap-labour shipbuilding industries are
envisaged that Nigeria like China and South Korea would join the shipbuiding world as a
low-cost builder.
Shipbuilding can truly claim to be one of the worlds oldest industries that still
from one place to another. That is the only similarity between the primitive dugout canoe and
todays merchant vessels and warships. The methods used to produce the ships have also
obviously changed with advances in technology and materials (Nielsen and Lamb, 1995). The
change in the past few years has mainly been the emergence of technology in both methods
and management to replace the traditional art that shipbuilding had been until then.
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With this background, several major trends dominate recent shipbuilding history.
Perhaps foremost are the dual trends toward larger and more specialised vessels. Whereas
the technology for building these ships arose through evolution, in the form of longitudinal
framing techniques, welding, superior steels such as high tensile steels, etc. The justification
for building them arose out of rapid economic growth following the Second World War and
also the closure of the Suez Canal in 1967 after the Arab-Israeli War, and also the hiking of
crude oil price by the OPEC in the 1970s following the Arab Oil Embargo. Trade growth
strained existing transportation and port resources, demanding that larger ships be built and
superior means of cargo handling be created. Thus there arose the containership, the pure
bulk carrier, the car carrier, the supertanker, and the various other ship types characteristic
Obviously, they did not just materialise, but the need for them, once established, was
quickly met, and the early version of these ships are in many ways remarkably similar to
their current, refined forms. Another major development has been the gradual demise of
the steam engine in favour of the slow-and medium-speed diesels. Diesel engines have been
used for maritime purposes throughout this century. However, it has largely been since the
Second World War, and particularly following the surge of oil prices in the 1970s, that
Labour-saving technologies also represent another major trend, and perhaps the most
actively advanced. Crew sizes have fallen rapidly in the last two decades to a point where
ship designers can envision crews of five or fewer men,, through automation support, with
the German Ship of the Future (SdZ) programme playing the leading role (Paetow, 1987).
Colett (1981) points out that much of modern shipping is linked to innovations
pioneered to move cargoes and build ships in the Second World War. These include roll-
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on/roll-off (RO/RO) and lighter-aboard-ship (LASH) designs, cargo unitization, and basic
tools of today such as electronics, computers, radar, satelite communications and navigation,
gas turbines, and full scale ship welding. Moreover, the war permanently changed world
trading and economic patterns and thus helped open the way for economic boom that
followed.
Nomura (1994) states that there'are three factors, namely, productivity, technological
competence and shipbuilding costs that are all inseparably connected with shipbuilding.
Productivity is an issue that cannot be ignored when a comparision is made between the
man-hours expended on such shipyard work as hulls and fittings which are required for the
construction of the ship, man-hours per 1 GT (Gross ton), man-hours per ICGT
(Compensated Gross Tonnage) or man-hours per one tonne of steel materials. Due to learning
in productivity between one shipyard and the other. Equally important to improve
productivity is the technological competence which serves as the basis for the development
Today there is the globalization of maritime industry with the globalization of business
and trade. Shipbuilders, ship operators and suppliers now view the international markets for
services with great interest and success. Technological, financial, and political forces have
contributed to the globalization of the maritime industry. Increasingly, the marketing and sale
of shipping and shipbuilding services are undertaken on a worldwide basis (Zeien and
Hillmann, 1996). Shipyards must decide which of these technologies will be essential to the
viability of their operations and which represents an unnecessary drain on their resources.
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. Generally, the contract prices for newbuildings are determined based on the ship
prices prevailing in the shipbuilding market. The presentation of an initial price indication
is made based on the shipbuilding cost arrived at by taking into account various factors,
including estimated escalation in wages and commodity prices - namely costwise price.' The
shipbuilding cost is composed of material costs, manpower costs and such expenses as design
and indirect costs. Ship prices could be arrived at by adding such factors as interest and-non-
operating expenses to the shipbuilding cost. On the other hand, the labour (manpower) cost
to be included in the shipbuilding cost is derived by multplying total man-hours by the unit
hourly wages.
Many researchers (Zeien,, 1996; Carson, 1990; Landsburg, 1990) agree that shipyards
in the industrialised countries, especially OECD member states remain high-cost producers
compared to Developing Countries due primarily to their high hourly wage rates.
Shipbuilding is a labour-intensive industry. Hunt and Butman (1995) state, therefore,
if governments do not interfere, it should not be surprising to find that successful
shipbuilding nations are those with the lowest-paid workers, provided with the needed
technology. During the decades from 1960 to 1990, Japan and then South Korea became the
major would shipbuilders due primarily to favourable labour rates. In 1990s, the United
States has had favourable rates and therefore on opportunity to re-enter commercial
shipbuilding, which it has abandoned in the early 1980s as a result of high wage rates. Some
analysts are optimistic that China will become the worlds major shipbuilding nation at the
beginning of the twenty-first century.
Since 1986, Nigeria had joined the shiprepair services with the commissioning of a
ship repair yard, NIGERDOCK in Lagos, and had been constructing ferry boats and offshore
mooring buoys at lower costs. In course of this study, it would be pertinent to examine the
effect of Nigerias low wage rates on the construction cost of merchant ships.
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Ship prices from OECD nations are bound to rise higher when they terminate their
including Nigeria, in general, are characterised by relatively low living standards and labour
make to a growing economy. For example, the experience of Japan during the 1950s and
expansion. The Japanese shipbuilding industry led the way in rebuilding the Japanese
industries and economic base following the World War II. Government assistance should be
available to industries within this group of countries, because of the perceived benefits to the
national economy. Accordingly, this group of countries should be placed on a firm footing
Shipbuilding apart from shipping is another segment of the maritime industry that
reflects conflict between economic thinking and government policy. The allocation of $20
million by the Federal Government to the Ship Acquisition and Ship Building Fund (SASBF)
administered by the NMA is mere pittance compared to the acquisition cost of $20 million
for a 20,000 DWT bulker, acquisition of 150 new ships, and far less than the credit of up
to 80% of the vessel price based on standard OECD financing terms. Nigerias shipbuilding
industry has only developed to the stage of boat repairs and maintenance but could be
encouraged to develop to the state of resolving its long term need for ocean going vessels for
its international trade. The innovations, economic factors expecially wages and subsistence,
technology, human can be applied carefully to provide the.right relationship to effect a-long-
stages:
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. development of owners requirements (market characteristics)
* contract design
* bidding/contracting
* construction.
failure. Pertinent lessons learnt through a careful review of technological trends in the more
advanced maritime nations could be adapted to achieving successful shipyards that optimize
Adequate ship construction costs are fundamental to the successful planning and
execution of commercial maritime ventures and govern the requirements to which commercial
ships are designed, built and operated,(Leeper et al, 1982). This serves as a guide for use by
vary considerably from broad market estimates to detailed engineering calculations. AACE
International defines three types of cost estimates: Order-of-magnitude, budget, and definitive
(Humphreys, 1993).
cost-capacity ratios and do not require any preliminary design work. They have
an expected accuracy between +50% and -30%. The reasons for this type of
estimate accuracy should be within +15% to -5%. They are used for
bids.
Ship cost is the cost incurred by the builder for construction. Price is what the builder
charges for the vessel. Price trends are difficult to analyze because the market is variable.
(e) Yards previous experience with owner (change orders, force majeure,
requirements.
Different types of ships also require different amounts of materials, and labour hours
vary significantly depending on complexity of the assembly. However, the Organisation for
gauging shipbuilding effort for different types of ships in the desire to equitably measure the
shipbuilding work of various shipbuilding nations. While the OECD man-hour adjustments
for complexity are based on averages from many shipyards, the individual yard productivity
be successful in the shipping market pre-supposes that market research be conducted. This
is to reveal the demand for a service. Demand may be dependent on general market or
linked to specific customers or group of customers. A concrete set of information forms the
basis for evaluating the market research. The major types of information needed to design
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- Frequency of call
- Type of commodity
- The capacity of, and constraints imposed by existing plant which will
Changes in relative cost structure in the shipbuilding industry worldwide are only a
part of the competitive environment; however they have a large potential impact on the
maritime business, which is currently in the hands of foreigners. The Nigerian maritime
industry has always been saddled with the problem of ship acquisition. It is necessary to
explore options especially those which bring about indigenous participation in the maritime
indusrty. The NMA has been trying to address the situation with the implementation of a
Shipping Policy and the Ship Acquisition and Ship Building FUND (SASBF). To further
support the NMA, it is crucial to "obtain construction costs of comparable vessels from
foreign countries and Nigeria, and more especially examine the impact of shipbuilding wage
rates on construction costs. This will assist in deciding the ship acquisition cost.
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The purpose of this study, therefore, is to estimate construction cost for an ocean
going bulk-carrier in the desire to equitably measure the shipbuilding work of some
shipbuilding countries namely the U.S., U.K., Japan, South Korea and Nigeria. This practice
assures that ships are procured from a low-cost bidder. Specifically, the objectives of this
2. The type, size, speed, method of propulsion and other requirements of vessels
3. The shipping market niche or target product mix for the Nigerian shipbuilding
industry.
In so doing, the study intends to answer some aspects of the challenges raised by the National
These research findings would become increasingly important as a basis for informed
decision-making by the government, industry, research scholars, and investors in the context
shipbuilding.
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1.7. Scope of Study
This research work is devoted to the study of the Nigerian shipping industry, shipment
potential of the economy, and the estimation of shipbuilding costs with the implication for
planning and development of Nigeria's shipbuilding industry. Its focus is on the cost of
construction of comparable merchant vessels in Nigeria and in some foreign countries namely
the United States of America, United Kingdom, Japan and South Korea. This study also
concentrates on the basic shipbuilding stage, which results in construction cost estimate,
1.8. Limitations
of vessels and quality of the ship product were based only on preliminary designs. However,
effort was made to collect data from a large number of well established shipyards around the
world. The data is therefore considered representative enough to satisfy most Nigerian
conditions.
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1.9. The Organisation of the Dissertation
Chapter One discusses the Statement of the problem. Objectives of the Study, Scope
Chapter Two deals with the Literature Review, traces the history of shipbuilding up
to the present. The concept of basic design in the Design Spiral is used to estimate ship
Chapter 3 describes the mission requirements through the analysis of the shipping
market. It further describes the basic design in the overall design process. The basic design
consists of the concept design which translates the mission requirements into naval
architectural and engineering characteristics, and the preliminary design, which further refines
the major ship characteristics affecting cost performance. Alternative designs which satisfy
the mission's requirements are considered. Designs should be finished within a limited
interval. To overcome this difficulty, computer programmes were applied to accomplish the
conceptual or initial design rapidly and exactly. The measure of merit used in selecting the
Chapter Four discusses the results obtained from the study. The selected basic design
$ is then used in estimating approximate construction costs among shipbuilding nations. These
results would determine whether or not to initiate the next level of development, contract
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CHAPTER TWO
LIOTMHRE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
This chapter deals with the review of shipbuilding worldwide, its technological
developments, the various shipyards and facilities that facilitated the building of ship^
with problems associated with shipbuilding. Typical shipbuilding and design schedule^
are discussed with the consideration of the basic design as a pre-requisite to the planning
and scheduling of the shipbuilding processes. Basic design steps used in estimating the
began when early man first tied two or more logs together, weaved a boat stnictun
All the early communities of man were based on the banks of rivers or on tin
coastline. Early drawings, paintings, models and tools provide evidence of m an's cmi I
use of water for transport and fishing. They obviously quickly learned that
transport was easy and cheap. According to Lamb (1994) two initial approaches
1. The dugout in which the builder had little control over the size.
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The development of the ship has been a gradual development rather than a
revolutionary one. The initial step - the discovery that wood floated - was probably by
chance. Although the dugout log eventually with outriggers for stability was a significant
development, logs (and rushes) bound together was the first step into larger craft. Then
developed the light frame work covered with skins. History has designated Noah as the
first shipwright. As primitive wood working tools developed so did the construction of
What is known about shipbuilding development is that many nations have been
influential in the evolution of the ship. Table 2.1 gives a brief history of the significant
countries involved and the sequence of shipbuilding development. The need driving this
Babylonians learned shipbuilding from Chinese or the other way round, it is certain that
Mediterranean (Albell, 1948). Although its origins are not so clear, the northern center
of shipbuilding developed in the Baltic regions about the same time as the Phoenician
development. Due to exploration, plunder and then trade, the two centers eventually
became one. The Venetians improved on the development of the shipbuilding process
and through their influence, Portugal then Spain developed their shipbuilding industries.
History of shipbuilding records that steam-powered iron and steel ships were
being built in large numbers in Europe even while most U.S. shipyards continued to
build wooden sailing vessels in the 19th Century. Ultimately, of course, U.S. shipyards
would be forced to move to steel and steam, but for long time it was quite rational for
individual yards to stick to the older technology. Whereas most available sources of
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TABLE 2 .1
- > :. BHIEF SHIPBUILDING HISTORY
I Venice -420 to 1500 AD Mediterranean and Europe trade with warships for
protection
Genoa -640 to 1500 AD Mediterranean and Europe trade with warships for
protection.
England -811 to 1850 ADC : Wooden ships for war and trade
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wood had been depleted by the nineteenth century in Europe, wood was still plentiful
and cheap in the United Statess of America. Alternatively, the industrial revolution
began in Europe, and Europes ability to fabricate steel and build advanced steam
Many U.S. commodities were low-valued bulks., and were ideal for cheap, slow-
moving sailing ships. Steamships were labour intensive, whereas many U.S. sailing
schooners could be manned with very small crews. Given high U.S. wage rates, this also
recommended the continued building of saling ships in the United States. Thus, early
applications of steam engines were to ships that carried passengers and mails for which
speed was more important than delivered cost. Even then, special government subsidies
were needed in the form of mail contracts to reduce potential risks and lower higher
costs.
Along with the development of shipbuilding hag been the parallel development of
the craftsmen involved. First there were only the shipwrights and riggers. Then iron
workers, palters and riveters. Riveters were replaced by welders. Outfitting trades
increased to cover joiner work, sheet add metal and painting while machinery trades
included machinists, fitters and pipe workers. In some countries the specialization was
carried to extremes and excess damaging demarcation strikes ensued. Today, with
Shipbuilding has long been an international industry, with the U.S. building
sailing ships for Britain in the days of the colonies and also after independence (Hall,
1884). Then the British built mechanically powered iron and steel ships for many
countries including the U.S. and Japan wrested the lead from Britain and Europe in the
late 1950s and has kept it since, even though Korea and now China are challenging
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Japan as the low-cost leaders. Today, shipbuilding is a truly global industry like the
automotive industry where the global corporations have manufacturing plants in many
countries. In the global shipbuilding industry the manufacturing plants of the leaders
are located in single countries. It is their market and customers who are global. Table
2.2 illustrates the shifting competitive position of shipbuilding nations (Carson, J.P. and
Lamb, B. 1990).
vessels, ferry boats and single point mooring buoys (BobManuel, K.D.H. and Ozobia,
N.V. 1995). Table 2 .3 shows the principal particulars of some ferries built by
Nigerdock Nigeria Pic, bought and operated by public transport companies. This
research work takes some incisive steps to estimate the comparative costs of building
Table 2.&
Ferry A Ferry B
Length overall in 30.45 31.16
Breadth mounted in 6.2 10.0
Depth mounted m 1.75 2.40
Gross tonnage t 1.00+0.05 1.56
Service speed kn 16.6 16.8
Main engine output kW 2x165 2x121
at 2500 rev/min
Vessel type Passengers vehicular/Passengers
Capacity (no of cars/passengers) Nil/280 15/86
Source: The Marine Engineer, the Quarterly Newsletter of the Nigeria Branch of
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2.2.1 Developm ent of Shipyards
The history o f shipbuilding with the developm ent o f shipyards can be
divided into three distinct periods: (1) prior to World War II, (2) World War II
to 1960, and (3) from 1960 to the present (Storch, et al, 1992). The movement
from the first to the second period coincides with the changeover from rivet
ing to w elding in the late 1930s. The introduction o f flow line techniques was
primarily responsible for the change from the second period to the third. Su
perimposed on the latter was the rapid growth in ship size after closure o f the
Suez Canal in 1967. The characterization o f shipyards built or substantially
altered during these three periods as first -, second -, and their - generation
has been presented by Me Neill (1980).
The developm ent o f group technology and its application to shipbuild
ing have given rise to fourth-generation shipyards. Hyundai Heavy Industries,
also known as H yundai o f South K orea in 1973 constructed its Ulsan yard
capable o f building large ships o f up to 1,000,000 tonnes deadweight (Nomura,
K. 1994). Follow ing the McNeill shipyard classification system, the various
generations also reflect the production, organisation classification system pre
sented by M arsh (1976). Prior to the advent o f welding, shipbuilding was a
craft organisation relying heavily on the skills o f w orkers and little based on
prior planning. The change in the past few years has mainly been the em er
gence o f technology in both methods and m anagem ent to replace the tradi
tional craft art that shipbuilding had been until then. The m ethods used to
produce the ships have obviously changed with advances in technology and
materials. Follow ing the application o f welding, most ships w ere built using
the hulLiblock and the forw ard loading o f w ork areas. Periods o f high-vol
ume, series ship construction including World War 1, World War II, and the
super-tanker building stage, saw the developm ent o f mass production yards.
These had some autom ation, continuous flow, and relatively simple planning
and scheduling.
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All changes in existing shipyards and the design o f new shipyards are ail directed tow ard
reducing the cost o f building ships by reducing the am ount o f labour required by prov iding advance
p ro d u ctio n facilities and m ethods. A notable innovation in this area is the G ro u p technology
shipbuilding system s based o n the organisation o f w ork into distinct problem areas, using a p roduct-
oriented w ork breakdow n structure, PW BS. T h e process lane concept m arries the w ork organisation
and the physical plant. It also contains asp ects o f planning and scheduling design, m aterial control,
and personnel organisation. T he categorization o f shipyard layout will be presented in term s o f the
Pre World W ar II
This period had the follow ing features o f out fittings: installation o f po w er plants and
auxiliary m achines w as accom plished for the m ost part, after launch. Rivetting w as the m ajor process
em ployed for jo ining steel plates and parts.
World W ar II - 1960
T he period w as characterized by the Prefabrication o f w eldm ents away from the shipways
and developm ent o f m ore accurate high-technology steel cu ttin g and w elding
Im portant changes during this period include few er shipyards and m ore space devoted to storage and
shop facility, as m ore w o rk w as accom plished aw ay from the erectio n site.
1960-Present
ships and a m ove to series production. E uropean and U.S. shipbuilders began to modify existing yards
This period also m arked th e in tro d u ctio n o f project m anagem ent as an a p p ro ach to
m anaging shipbuilding project. "Its (P ro je c t m anagem ent) form al beginning are traced back to the
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Polaris submarine project in the early 1960s (Raz, 1993). Project m anage
ment generally requires specific skills and techniques to deal with problem
related to the following areas: Planning and scheduling tasks and activities,
recruiting, m otivating and developing project staff m em bers; assigning tasks
to individuals and appraising their perform ance, negotiating with groups in
ternal and external to the organisation; assuring quality, dealing with risk and
uncertainty; and other human relations and business subjects. However, the
term project m anagem ent has a more specific and limited meaning, restricted
to the planning and control aspects o f managing projects. P roject planning is
used in this context to refer to the estimation o f ship construction costs (de
rived from basic design) which are fundamental to the successful planning
and execution o f com mercial maritime ventures and govern the requirements
to which com m ercial ships are designed, built and operated.
Project m anagem ent applies the concepts o f general system s theory and
analysis to the task o f management. It seeks to unify the planning and work
efforts o f numerous organisational units to efficiently accom plish with mini
mal trade-off, the multiple goals o f a project.
Virtually every project has a three-dimensional goal: accomplish the work
in accordance with budget, schedule, and performance requirem ent. The bud
get dimension is the specified or allowable cost for the project; it is the target
cost o f the w ork to be done. The schedule dimension includes the time period
over w hich the w ork will be done and the target dates for which it will be
com pleted. The perform ance dimension specifies w hat is to be done to reach
the end-item or final result. It includes the required features o f the final prod
uct (the ship) or service, technological specifications, and quality and quan
tity m easures.
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The rest o f the-discussion in this ch ap ter provides the-theoretical fram ew ork to
q u a n tify the v ario u s com ponents and subsystem s o f the m arine tran sp o rtatio n sy s
tem (the ship p ro d u ct), culm inating in estim ating the costs o f new ship construction
and quality. T h at is, the three goals o f tim e, cost and perform ance are in terrelated
an d m ust be ad d re ssed sim ultaneously and m ust be given equal em phasis. Project
m anag em ent has evolved as an e ffic ie n t w ay to m aintain focus on all three p ro ject
goals and to co n tro l the necessary trad e-o ffs am ong them . As a system s approach,
p ro ject m anagem ent integrates resources and puts em phasis on the w holeness o f this
perform ance. T hus, basic design includes the selection o f ship dim ensions, hull form,
pow er (am ount and type), prelim inary arrangem ent o f hull and m achinery, and m ajor
stru ctu re (K iss, 1990). P roper selections assure that the m ission requirem en ts such
as good seakeeping perform ance, m anoeuvrability, the desire speed, endurance, cargo
capacity, and deadw eight are m et. M ission requirem ents in this research w ork w ere
e stab lish ed by stud ying the basic trade requirem ents and shipping m arket an aly sis.
B asic desig n encom passes both concept design and p relim inary design. It resu lts in
the d eterm in atio n o f m ajor ship c h aracteristics, perm itting the p reparatio n o f in itial
c o n stru c tio n co st estim ates.
C o n c e p t D esig n
The co n cep t design translates the m ission requirem ents into naval architectural
ies to determ in e such fundam ental elem ents o f the proposed ship as length, beam ,
depth, draught, fullness, power or alternative sets o f characteristics, all o f which meet the
required speed, range, cargo cubic, and deadweight. The selected concept design serves
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as a basic to determine the overall ship acquisition program and to identify candi
date alternative concepts, such as optional types of propulsion plants to be evaluated
in the preliminary design stage.
This preliminary design stage requires a much greater engineering and design
effort than does the conceptual design. Trade-off studies are made during the pre
liminary design stage to evaluate the relative merits of the various alternative ship
systems. This stage further refines the major ship characteristics affecting cost and
performance. Certain controlling factors such as length, beam, horsepower, and
deadweight do not change upon completion of this phase, and provide a precise defi
nition of a ship that would meet the mission requirements, thus providing the basis
for development of contract plans and specifications (Kiss, 1990).
The ship design process is generally considered to progress through four stages,
namely, conceptual design, preliminary design, contract design, and detail design.
Each of these design stages is represented in Figure 2.1 by a band of engineering
activity that is separated from other bands of activity and the required effort to ac
complish each stage.
In the overall design process, basic design is followed by contract design and
detail design. Contract design develops plan and specifications suitable for a ship
yard bidding and contract award. Detail design is the shipyards responsibility for
further developing the contract plans as required to prepare shop drawings for the
actual construction/production of the ship. Both the contract design and detail de
sign are outside the scope of this study but the thrust of this study is to derive con
struction costs from the basic design process.
The procedure used by naval architects and marine engineers to translate the
ship design requirements into specific ship design criteria is described as the De
sign Spiral (Evans, 1959). The design spiral shown in Figure 2.1 is
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MISSION
R E Q U IR E M E N T S
PROPORTIONS I COST
P R E L . POW ERING T I MATES
L A R G E M ERC H A N T 3HIF
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LINES I DAMAGED
BOOY PLAN sta bility C O N C E P T DESIGN 20 -M A N -D A Y S
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HYORO- CAPACITIES P R E L M INAR Y D E S I G N 3 00 -M A N -D A Y S
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STATICS
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BON- STABILITY
C O N T R A C T DESIGN 5 ,000-m a n - d a y s
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used t<i illustrate the sequence of calculation done and re-done when starting with a mi
of user requirements. One determines the main dimensions, weight, space requirement v.
resistance and stability, powering, cost estimates etc. of a ship. The determination <>l
solution. As an integral feature of the basic ship design process, the design spiral a ssn rc v
the design and production of an integrated system, where the components of the ship
designed to tit together. Subsequently the demands for |Mrformance and economy ut (in
shipboard system as a whole will have preference over the performance and econom*
.lust as planning and scheduling efforts are pre-requisites for the construction (
a ship, planning and scheduling are also required for the basic ship design. I.and'
(1994) shows the linkage of basic ship design with the construction process in l-'igun 2.-Z
- Build Strategy Route Vlap. Typical design and building schedules are s h o w n n.
'{/S P C M > I X I X ] ;
Kssenfially, the basic design is that portion of the overall ship-design prove"
which begins with concept design and carries preliminary design to the point when
there is a reasonable assurance that the imqor features of the ship have ben determined
with sufficient dependability to allow the orderly development of contract plan ami
specification. Kiss (1980) emphasized that this development will form the basis to obtain
shipyard prices within a predetermined price range that will result in an efficient dm
with the requisite performance characteristics. This is the path which has been taU.
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OUTLINE SPECIFICATION
AND ARRANGEMENT
WORKSTATION
PRELIMINARY
DESIGN
DETAILED DESIGN
DETAILED
SPECIFICATION
AND INTERFERENCE
ARRANGEMENT FREE ARRANGE
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CONTACT TRANSITION
DESIGN DESIGN
APPROVAL INFORMATION
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2 -4 ESTIMATING w e ig h t s , c o s t s , v o l u m e s , ANI> HYDRODYNAMICS
\ Hood i)umber of published works (Breda, 19X1: llarvald. 19X3; Keil. 19X2) <<u
estimating weights, volumes and costs of ships abound in the literature and need to lu
cited. Breda (19X1) presents a number of diagrams which show the relation k tw n n
deadweight and displacement, main dimensions and deadweight, system weights ami
deadweight for tankers, bulk ships and "paragraph ships. He also discusses the desim
of ships, main dimensions, fullness and lines, freelmurd draught relations, stahilii
prediction of power.
Keil (19X2) discusses weight and cost estimation on the basis of weight and
that all structures have a large degree of continuity. According to him there are a fe
abrupt changes in the volume of material and tliechauges that exist are easily ideutil u '
Weight is estimated by calculating the weight per unit of length or height for typu.ii
sections. The complete weight is found by integrating over the length or height. A slip,
shaped vessel will, however, have a steeper decrease at the ends. Usually it is ass ii i iu i
0 . 2 L at amidships.
This method can lie used for calculating man hours, centre of gravity and m a
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Watson and Gilfillan (1977) concentrate on cargo ships. They discuss the structure ami
development of design formulas and present actual formulas for deadweight carru i -
volume carriers and linear dimension ships. The tonnage ship such as tuglio.ii
ferryboat, etc.. depending on the basic owners requirements later was added to ilm
classification by size determ inant. Since the primary objective of this research is m
20,0000 dwt to 45000 DWT) the review would lie limited to the Deadweight ship.
volumes, centres of gravity, costs and capacity. The cost calculation for the luill
and on the price per m an-hour and per tonne of material. The price per man-hour m.i>
preliminary cost calculations are based on an estimated m anlier of man-hours and tin
different methods:
structural configuration.
The first two methods are generally used in the preliminary design. The thn <
and fourth methods are used for the final calculations. This research work is limiti d
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Diagrams and charts are hased on. or may lie approximated In fonnni.i-
Formulas deal with different aspects of design ranging from the estimation of the nvcr;ill
(I9K0) and Watson (1977). For the deadweight carrier, its dimensions are determined
A = C,. L B T x 1.025 (1 + S) = W + W,
L = Length Bp in meters
T on length BP
molded displacement.
a * 4 i SHII> FORM d e f in it io n , r e s is t a n c e a n d p o w e r in g r e l a t io n s h ip s
The dimensions of a ship are defined early in the conceptual design stage. Tne.se.
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are modified slightly as the design develops to meet sub-optimized criteria for speed,
stability, displacements, etc. Some coefficients used in naval architecture that are very
useful in power calculations in expressing the fullness of a ships overall form are
discussed here. Displacement A , the total weight of the ship is a force defined as:
F = ma
=pv [ Hamlin, 1988 ]
Where p = density of water,tonne/m3
v = volume of displaced water, nr*
F = force due to displaced water, tonne
Displacement includes weight of hull steel, machinery, fuel, water, ballast, cargo, spare
parts, crew, etc. Several form coefficients (Hamlin, 1988) are useful in representing the
shape of the underwater hull. These include:
Block coefficient is:
CB = V
L. B. T.
Cp -
midship area.L
Cm = midship area
B. T
Note that:
Cb - Cp . C
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C,M, waterplaiie area
L. B.
The development of the basic design follows the entire design sequence suggesii-.i
by Evans (1959) in the design spiral as an iterative process from the mission
requirements to a detail design. The process involves four steps namely Concept Design.
for the effect of bulbous how was applied to the Taylor residuary coefficient. as:
Friction formulation was based on the Schoenherr line ( van Mauen. I9XH |. .iv
Total resistance coefficients were increased 2%. for appendages, to estimate in.,,
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TJh = ( 1 - t ) / ( 1-W),
t = 0.60w.
Efficiency behind the hull. r|B with the propeller at same effective speed o f
advanced VA, the thrust T and revolution n will be associated with same
t]B = _TVA
27tn Q
Pe = RjV
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PD = TVa
tIb
tId = (1 - t)nR
(1 - w )
= (l-t)T lB n o = ( I - t ) T |R r | 0 = T |H . r | R . T i R
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2 ^ -2 . Lightship Weights
weight + margin.
Hull steel weight. W, was based on the modified Lloyd's Equipment numeral of 1965.
Cb = Block coefficient
D = Depth
T = Draught
B * beam
Lc = length of houses
He = height of houses.
Machinery Weight, Wm, was based on low speed and medium speed diesel
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Crew and Effects were estimated at 0.35 tonnes per crew member.
above.
and others, have applied with considerable success, regression analysis to the problem of
estimating shipbuilding labour and material costs given the preliminary parameters of a ship,
including length, breadth, depth, draught, block coefficients, speed and power. The general
relationship;
C = ax", is very useful when fitted to actual shipbuilding cost data. The following
C sl K, W ,273 L 1/3
Cb
Col = K2 W0m
Cmi = K3 Pok
Com = K , W095
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for diesel propulsion, Cmm = IQ P *2
W, = Steel weight
Cb = block coefficient
W0 = Outfit weight
Shipbuilding and ship repair costs are divided into categories for accumulation
purposes and for use in estimating or predicting the costs of a future project or contract.
1. Direct labour includes the cost of all labour expended directly and wholly
ships or projects underway during a given year. Such labour may include
ship or project. Machinery, steel plate, pipe fittings, furniture etc., are in
this category.
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S. Overhead costs include the indirect labour and materials depreciation
expenses, interest cost, and all other costs o f the business which cannot be
engineering expenses are usually charged directly to the ship or project for
For cost estimates for preliminary design study, Scher and Benford (1980) have
developed typical functional relations between design and weight parameters and ship costs for
bulk carriers. Such a relationship requires knowledge of building, operating, and financing
costs. To obtain the shipbuilding labour and material costs, Scher-Benford study used the
following relationship with the relevant costs applicable to the period being considered.
Ship steel material cost (SI Cm were estimated based on the ship steel weight, W,
plus a scrap allowance adapted from Watson (1977). The total steel weight used for material
W .i = W . (1.167-0.117 CB)
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Labour cost = (270 mh/tonne) (16.0 $/mh)W
In a few cases costs are also calculated as a function of volume or area. Weight is usually
calculated as s function of capacity, that is, dead-weight, volume, area and power. Therefore,
it is necessary to determine the capacity in some form before estimating the weight or the cost.
The most generalized formulas take the vessel as a whole and use total weight and total
volume. In a more detailed design, formulas for different parts or systems of the ship are used
to derive figures for weights and costs. The figures for volume and areas are split up in types
of departments, for example for cargo, passengers or ballast, or machinery bunkers, there are a
items vary with mass or volume, for example, the displacement or total cubic capacity. Other
items vary in relation to the 'Surface' of the vessel (Telfer, 1955). The cubic capacity is often
expressed as the product of the three main dimensions, length L, beam B, and depth D. The
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product is called the cubic number(CN). The expression for surface' is derived by reducing
formulas used to derive the set o f main dimensions since the required capacity (20,000 DWT
The length/depth (L/D), length/beam (L/B) and beam/depth (B/D) ratios vary
L/D = 12
L/B =6.7
B/D = 1.8
ship's longitudinal strength, and is often limited by the plate thickness in the deck. The B/D
When these ratios have been determined the length may be expressed as follows:
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Typical L/B and L/D ratios, for this type of ships are 6.7 and 12 giving L = 54.3
T/D =0.75.
N = Number of ships
transport capacity:
P = CGA, where
A = 365 -Z (1/year)
T
Z = time out of service (off hire) (days/year)
T = T, + Th (days)
T. = D (davs)
24V
TH = 2 CG/U + Td (days)
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D = transport distance (nautical miles)
V= ED__________
24CG( (365 - Z) - 2P) - PTn
U
F = 365
A nt
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money, the need to recover capital investment, the costs of operating and maintaining the
investment, and generally account for corporate income tax. The aspects of ship economics -
profitability and competitiveness will be discused in this section of the literature review. In
order to assess these two issues, comprehensive consideration is given to the composition and
scale of ship costs - capital, operating and vogage - revenue generation and the cost/revenue
relationship.
When considering the economic profitability o f acquiring and operating a ship, the
prospective owner must consider two sets o f costs, one being generally fixed, the other
variable. According to the Drewry Seaborne Trade and Transport Studies o f 1991, the fixed
costs were determined, in the main, by the terms and conditions under which the ships were
purchased - specifically the price at which the vessel was purchased in the first place and how
the purchase was financed by the owner, particularly the debt/equity ratio, depreciation policy
Funds for ship investment have, historically, been provided by debt and, to a far
lesser extent lease financing, with the annual capital charges being serviced by funds from
trading operations. These are essentially three main areas for owners to generate profits in the
light of prevailing freight movements and trade patterns. This involves successful
anticipation of future market trends and the rise or fall o f freight revenues. 1990
saw rates and ship values slip after three years o f high rates and trading profits.
Through "asset play" and the buying and selling o f ships on the international S and
P market. Success in this activity obviously depends on the correct timing of sale
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and purchase decisions, but in a rising market such as the 1987-89 period, the
the vessel, thereby enhancing its trading opportunities and/ or reduce costs.
The revenue flow needed to service the first cost of a ship would differ from ship
to ship as the fleet would comprise ship of varying ages - some new and some old - financed
under different terms. Given this, the debt service requirement would depend on when the
owner bought the ship and how the transaction was financed. But this study would consider
new shipbuilding.
Carrier Market: Global Prospects For Recovery, 1993-2000," the development of capital costs
depends on future trends in new building prices and secondhand values. The secondhand
prices will continue to reflect market fluctuations, several factors would suggest a rising trend
in newbuilding prices during the remainder of 1990s for the following reasons.
Periods of high bulk carrier rates are generally characterised by heavy contracting
for new tonnage with the lengthening order books and "lead" times resulting orderbooks and
A key assumption is that newbuilding demand for fleet renewal will increase
sharply from mid-1990s, with the pattern of ordering reflecting the advancing age profile of
would, if it occured, push up owners' capital costs by as much as 45 percent by the year 2000.
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identical size and configuration.
the length of the "lead time" - that is, the period which will elapse between
On the other hand, capital cost (fixed capital plus working capital) are those costs
borne by owners that are associated with acquisition o f the ship, either as a newbuilding or
secondhand. The purchase of a ship will involve the outlay of money which the owner hopes
can be recovered from the flow of freight income generated by the vessel over its trading life
or by the sale o f the vessel at a future date. Ship owners seldom completely finance the
acquisition of a vessel from their own resources because of the scale of such an investment,
Financial assistance is therefore obtained either from the open market or from government
sources; to cover the non self-financing proportion o f the initial acquisition cost. Thus the
capital costs will encompass periodic loan repayments, interest on the loan, together with any
cash down payments. Evaluation of the capital costs borne by owners is a difficult exercise
because there are no set criteria which have to be followed, much depending on allowances
made for:
Deposit/Cash flow
Loan repayment
Interest rates
Tax considerations
Depreciation policy
Opportunity cost
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Residual value
Vessel insurance
Administration
Port charges
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the report of the Drewry Shipping consultants provided an appraisal of each component,
namely: Capital Costs (fixed) comprise cash price of vessel and Loan capital interest charges,
operating costs (quasi-variable) comprise manning and vitualling, vessel repairs and
maintenance, vessel insurance, stores and supplies, administration; and Voyage Costs (charges,
and ancillary disbursements such as canal and seaway charge^ Based upon an analysis of
contemporary trends in the costs of bulk shipping, taking into account current issues of
operational safety and environmental protection, a forecast on the development of these costs
These forecasts can be explained under the context of the following reasons:
Bulk carrier operating costs have risen significantly since the start of the 1990s, with the
largest increases in manning costs, insurance cover and expenditure on repair and maintenance
(R and M).
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Further sharp increases in these components are forecast due to:
The ageing of the bulk carrier fleet, and the effect of this on R and M
costs.
Upward pressure on premium for hull insurance which stems from losses
The key factor influencing future bunkering costs would be the price o f crude oil.
The Drewry Shipping Consultants report concluded that there would be a reasonable stable
Predicting future increase in canal transit costs would suggest that when setting its
tolls, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and other seaways have had to strike a balance between
the needs for short-haul operators who are effectively captive, and the long-haul shippers who
could choose to route cargoes via either the Cape of Good Hope or Panama Canal.
Debt, properly used, increases profits to the owners o f business (Shaner, 1979).
The reason lies in the profitability and risk relationships between debt and equity capital.
Investors who lend their money in the form of debt have greater security of both income and
assets, expected returns to debt in the form of interest are lower than those to equity in the
form of dividends and appreciation in the value of owners' shares of stock. Thus, a positive
relationship exists between risk and expected returns. Moreover, owners of business with
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limited funds can expand the total size for their investments by acquiring additional funds
through debt. Consequently, for a given amount of equity funds, the more debt that can be
brought in, the higher the profits to owners provided the profitability o f investment exceeds
In most cases government aid forms only part of the total credit package
crucial part. One o f the most important facts in any credit arrangement is the interest rate
charged on the loan. An important advantage of government loans is that they are almost
always fixed interest rates for the whole term of the loan. According to the report o f Drewry
Shipping Consultants, 1995, commercial loans are occasionally granted at fixed interest but
are usually charged at floating rates, often the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus
charges. Many maritime ratios maintain debt-to-equity ratio of 20 to 80. Table 2.6 indicates
the degree of differential between LIBOR and a fixed interest rate during the years 1980-1990.
OECD1 LIBOR2
1980 8 14.03
1981 8 16.72
1982 8 13.60
1983 8 9.93
1984 8 11.29
1985 8 8.64
1986 8 6.85
1987 8 7.30
1988 8 8.13
1989 8 9.27
| 1990 8 8.35
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(1) 80% of capital for eight-and-a-half years
The 8% fixed interest rate shown was that of the 1980 OECD Resolution on
shipbuilding credit which has continued to be in force. Comparision with the variable LIBOR
rate shows the advantage to the owner of a government financed, fixed interest loan in terms
of both the total interest paid and the predictability of the installments. Although the high
commercial rates of the first half of the 1980s are past and some average annual LIBOR rates
since then have been lower than the OECD rate, government loans granted under OECD
terms still have overwhelming advantage of allowing eight-and-a-half years repayment whereas
a commercial loan is typically given for two-to-three years only with provision for fluctuations
in LIBOR.
The annual capital cost requirements envisaged during the economic life of the vessel are
based on the standard OECD financing terms applicable during the financing period. These
are:
In most cases, a capital return of 15% on money invested is incorporated into the
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Ability to increase owners' profits through use o f debt is known as leverage. A
project that earns less than the MARR will cause return on equity to fall below their minimum
attractive level; and if profits are sufficiently low or should losses occur, interest payments,
which are a contractual obligation, may force the organisation to sell part of its assets. Should
profits remain low or losses become severe, the shipbuilding company could be forced out of
business and the owners lose their investment. Because of this possibility a cautious approach
obtained by having a sufficient spread between expected cash inflow and debt service
requirements, that is, through level of coverage. Target levels of coverage depend on many
factors, including the nature of the economy, type of industry, company characteristics.
Finanaical strength, and the venturesomeness of management (Shaner, 1979). In this study, a
debt coverage of four was utilized, that is the average cash inflows, net of operating costs, are
four times the anticipated requirments for debt servicing. The excess o f coverage over debt
servicing is intended to allow for periodically poor business conditions. Target levels of debt-
to-equity ratio are maintained by securing new debt as old debt is paid off and by adding
is through the concept o f measuring the private incentive, which is the profit on owners'
equity. This minimum rate for investment in projects is higher than the rate received from
money deposited in a savings account because o f the higher risk associated with projects.
Thus, the minimum rate on equity is a function of the degree of risk and each investor's
attitude toward risk. The return on equity is calaculted by using the same rate-of-retum
procedure, but applied to the owner's equity investment and their receipts. Their investment is
total project investment less the amount borrowed from others, and their receipts are the net
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cash inflows less debt servicing and their receipts are net cash inflows. Researchers such as
Benford(1977) and Shaner (1979) agree that if the bank loan is fixed percentage o f the total
investment, then owner's yield (i0 or DCF0 ) will point to exactly the same design as that
indicated by yield on total investment (i or DCF). In other words, the rate of return calculation
on total investment is sufficient to test whether or not an adequate return on equity will be
attained. Once the required return on equity has been established (usually through an
evaluation of stock transaction) and the MARR calculated project profitability can be
compared with the MARR without bothering to check on return on equity. The validity of this
conclusion is as follows:
If a = percent o f debt,
b = percent o f equity
then ac + bd = MARR.
With a,b and c fixed, and rate o f return on a project that exceeds the MARR will cause the
return on equity to be higher than d; and the opposite effect holds when the rate of return is
2 .6 Economic Factors
This section will review the economic factors that affect ship construction costs
worldwide and it will also discuss the prevailing economic conditions that will positively affect
Nigeria as a potential shipbuilder. Ship construction costs constitute the major aspect of
international competitiveness in shipbuilding and this study will address the issue of
industries o f tomorrow.
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1 Ship Construction Cost Competitiveness
In the past sefveral years, numerous publications and books have been written
about ship construction costs. The literature is quite extensive and for-reaching in its thrust but
tends to deal more on merchant ship construction costs. The importance o f such costs
information is to emphasise its direct influence on the economic gains to investors - buyers and
cost comparisons among costs of major shipbuilding countries (Hunt and Butman, 1995).
Costs are usually quoted in the U.S. dollars, a convertible currency. The reasons for these
Ship owners can purchase ships that meet their needs at a lower cost from
foreign shipbuilders except for ships built for protected domestic trade
Subsequently, researchers (Landsburg, et al, 1990; Scot, 1995) explained that increases in
foreign ship prices result from two causes: currency depreciation and increases in unit costs
for ship construction. Currency depreciation entails either the weakening of the U.S. dollar or
the devaluation of a national currency. On the other hand, changes in shipbuilding costs were
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exam ined thro u g h th e an aly sis o f the c a te g o rie s o f sh ip y a rd costs: lab o u r, m aterial, and
o v erhead, lab o u r co sts a re d riv en b y a m u ltip le o f the a v e ra g e d ire c t w a g e rate and p roductivity.
M aterial co sts a re su b d iv id ed into b u ll steel, p ro p u lsio n m ac h in ery , and o u tfit. O v erh ead costs
can be d efin ed in term s o f fixed and v a riab le co m ponent.
S h ip b u ild in g c o st e stim a tes can b e d erived from th e p re lim in a ry e stim a te based on
functional relatio n sh ip s b etw een the co st and th e d esig n and w e ig h t p a ra m ete rs (E rich sen , 19S9;
K iss, 1980). Such relatio n sn ip s are d e v e lo p e d to facilitate d e sig n o p tim iz a tio n studies and
p relim in ary costs. T h e se estim ates a re in te rn ally co n sisten t w h en e v a lu a tin g sh ip b u ild in g
returned co sts to e stim a te the labour in m an -h o u rs, (and also th e d e liv e ry tim e) and m aterial costs
o f the p ro p o sed ships. T h e cost c a lc u la tio n for the m a te ria ls in clu d in g su p e rstru c tu re s and
d e ck h o u ses are b a sed on a m an -h o u rs and w e ig h t calcu latio n a n d on th e c o st p e r m an -h o u r and
p er to nne o f m aterial. T h e co st p e r m an -h o u r is the p re v a ilin g w ag e rate w h ich v aries g reatly
betw een co u n tries. F o r m an y p ieces o f m ac h in ery a n d e q u ip m e n t the req u ired c a p ac ity is
calculated first and th e u n it c ^ st is ap p lied to d eriv e to the co st e stim atio n .
T his section also deals w ith the factors used in th is research to d e riv e com p en sated
D W T (C D W T ) o r (C G T ) from D W T , w h ic h reflects th e c o n su m p tio n o f m an -h o u rs in the
sh ip b u ild in g industry, (o n e C G T equals o n e D W T tim es a c o m p e n sa tio n factor).
T he c o m p en satio n facto r for a p a rtic u la r ship type and siz e gro u p is co m p u te d as the
co n su m p tio n o f stan d ard m an -h o u rs, d iv id e d by the c o rre sp o n d in g figure. T h e am ount o f
m an p o w er used to p ro d u ce o n e D W T o f a p a rtic u la r ship type and size is o f co u rse , dep en d en t on
the p ro d u ctio n facilities an d k n o w n -h o w . T h e factor is h o w ev er, a rela tiv e figure, w h ich gives a
m ean req u irem en t for m a n p o w e r to p ro d u ce o n e D W T o f a c e rtain ty p e and size. W hen the
factors are applied on a h istorical data, sm all inaccu racies w ill occur, d u e to the fact that
production tec h n iq u e has d ev elo p ed m o re rap id ly in one ship ty p e s e c to r th an in an o th er. T hese
inaccuracies are reg ard ed as b e in g o f m in o r im portance. T h e facto r used in th is research are
based on figures for typical m an -h o u r c o n su m p tio n for a v a rie ty o f sh ip types and
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sizes, co m p u ted as a w o rld a v e ra g e (B ru ce. 1992). F rom th ese figure the fo llo w in g
c o m p e n sa tio n factors h a v e been c o m p u te d and sh o w n in T a b le 2.7
T A B L E 2.7
C O M PEN SA TIO N FACTORS USED IN THIS RESEARCH SHIP
TY PE AND SIZE CO M PEN SATIO N FACTOR
Ship tvpe and size C om pensation factor
CGRT. C oefficient C G T. C oefficient
1977 1984
Crude Oil Tankers
U nder 50,000 dw t 0.50 0.60
5 0 -1 6 0 ,0 0 0 0 .4 0 0 .4 0
160-260.000 0 .3 5 0 .3 0
2 6 0 ,0 0 0 dw t and o v e r 0 .3 0 0.25
B u lk C a rrie rs - C o m b in e d C a rrie r
4 -1 0 ,0 0 0 d w t 1.80 1.10
10-30,000 d w t 0.6 0 0 .7 0
3 0 -5 0 ,0 0 0 0.25 0 .3 0
General Cargo
10-20,000 d w t 1.000 1.10
2 0 -5 0 ,0 0 0 d w t 1.000 0 .7 0
2 0 -8 0 ,0 0 0 d w t 1.000 0 .5 5
S ource: B ru ce (1992)
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depreciation is that some foreign shipyards now quote prices in their national currency in order
to offset the risk o f exchange rate during the period of ship construction (Carson and Lamb,
1990).
The impact of the fluctuating value of the dollar is also felt by the shipping
enterprises worldwide because most freight rates are quoted in dollars. Any drop in the value
of the dollar would adversely affect the profitability of those foreign-flag shipping operations
which receive freight in dollars but pay crew and other cost in hard national currencies that
have appreciated relative to the dollar. This development has been an important contributing
traditional maritime registeries, especially the U.S. and European registeries, during the past
ten years. FOC crews are generally paid in dollars and not other national currencies. It is
obvious that exchange rate fluctuations encourage the movement to cheaper FOC or
international registries, this worsens the competitive pressure facing the traditional maritime
operators who employ more expensive native crews. The lesson learnt from this review is
Nigeria has continued to lose billions of dollars in freight revenue and to incur high balances of
interfere, it should not be surprising to find that successful shipbuilding nations are those with
the lowest-paid workers, assuming the needed technology is available to these countries (Hunt
and Butman, 199S). The decades of 1960 to 1990 saw Japan and then South Korea become
major world shipbuilders due to favourable labour rates. High wage rates impacted the
competitiveness of the U.S. and European shipyards. But according to the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics in 1995, foreign wage rates rose dramatically during the 1980s. As shown in
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Table 2.^, labour rales almost doubled in all major shipbuilding regions except for the U.S.
1987). This policy has resulted in a drop in the U.S. average direct labour rate and it could
Table 2.^: Hourly compensation costs for production workers in U.S. dollars, shipbuilding
* This indicates the hourly compensation costs for ship repairing work.
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The average direct wage rate in Northern Europe shipyards is now considerably
higher than in U.S. shipyards. Wage rates in Japan now exceed the U.S. rate by almost $6 per
hour. South Korean average direct wage rates have risen ever 500 percent. Nigerian's
shipbuilding and shiprepair wage rate of $0.75 per hour remains far below that of South
Korea, U.S. and Japan, a low wage level the traditional shipbuilders cannot match. The labour
cost included in the shipbuilding cost is derived by multiplying total man-hours by unit hourly
wage.
During the period in review, the 1980s, new construction prices have almost
doubled. > .. . A very large crude carrier (VLCC) that was priced at $42
million in 1984 has a price of approximately $98 million today from Far East builders. The
price trends would continue to rise to exceed $100 million by early 21 st century.
shipbuilders continue to lead the industry in research into productivity improvements Several
studies in the early 1980s showed that Japanese shipbuilders expended only one quarter to one
half of the direct labour man-hours required in the U.S. for construction of a tanker or bulker
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computers to ships and ship design and productivity improvement through learning experience.
Nigeria's labour productivity factor of 2.2, as shown in Table 2.f0ranks high among those of
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TABLE 2.10
SAMPLE LOCATION FACTORS
Nigeria 2.22 - -
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I Location Massa's labour Bridgewater's
productive factors factors for chemical plants
U.S. = 1.0 U.K.= 1.0 U.S.=1.0
i Philippines 2.86
I Portugal 1.66 0.8 0.75
I Puerto Rico 1.54 - -
Thailand 2.82 - -
Source: B. G. McmiUan and K.K. Humphreys, Sources of International Cost Data, AACE
Transactions, American Association of Cost Engineers, Morgantown, WV, 1990, Paper K.6 .
With abundant human resources, low wage rate, cheap energy, budding iron and
steel complex, petrochemical industries among other factors, Nigeria's prospect of building
ships for its domestic market seems bright. According to the 1984 research findings of the
U.S. Maritime Administration it is true that in the Third World, cheap-labour shipbuilding
current performance is heavily influenced by the wage gap between nations. The conclusion of
the report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) states
that while the OECD man-hour adjustments for complexity of ships are based on averages
from many shipyards, the individual yard productivity for a ship type does not very
significantly.
Hence, since 1980s the Dutch shipbuilder, Damen shipyards of Netherlands had to
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look abroad for low cost sites in Central, Latin America and Africa in such countries of
Nicaragua, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India (Third World countries). In Marine Engineers
Review (MER) of August, 1995, it was reported that the German leading shipbuilder, Bremer
Vulkan was moving production activities to China because of high exchange rates and labour
costs in Germany. A joint British and Ukrainian shipbuilding agreement was also signed in
1995, according to the MER of October, 1995. The scheme envisaged a 50-50 split between
the two nations, with Ukrainian yards using local labour and steel to construct the hulls while
British firms would supply marine equipment and services. The main objective of the joint
venture would be to utilise the different skills and resources of Ukraine and the UK to build
high quality vessesl at prices which would comp-ete with major shipbuilding nations. A very
recent report o f MER, October, 1996 showed an increasing wage rate gap o f $7 between US
and Japanese shipyard workers has prompted the Shipbuilders Council o f America (SCA) to
urge the Congress to implement the OECD Shipbuilding Agreement so that US shipyards can
gain from the difference. According to the SCA's newsletter quoting a report by the US
Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that during 1994 the average hourly rate for US shipyard
workers was $18.08, while in contrast, the average Japanese wage rate for the same time
period was $26.15. Germany paid the highest hourly wage rate o f $29.74
Steel, the critical material cost item in ship construction, remains, more costly in
the traditional maritime nations, especially in the U.S. at $493.7 per ton in 1994 (Hunt, 1995).
But according to Fairplay International Shipping Weekly of January 1996, steel prices reached
all time high o f $470-530 a tonne in India. Other components o f the materials assigned directly
to the ship or project include machinery, steel plate, pipe, fittings, furniture, etc. Material costs
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are obtainable from the manufacturers and vendors.
In the absence of more specific and accurate information on costs, a useful index
of the direct labour and material costs trends published by the (JS Maritime
Administration can be used to update old cost estimates or returned costs. Avaiblable
literature on cost data indicates that steel plates and machinery are readily available in
Japan, South Korea, although Korean prices remain considerably lower. Other cheap
sources of steel include satellite states of the former Soviet Union, though Poland has
been selling cheap steel to Nigeria. US shipbuilders could theoritically use the same
approach, quotas on steel imports to the United States have limited the availability of
foreign steel to US shipbuilders. This import quota restriction was instituted to make US
domestic steel producers more efficient and cost effective. However, shipyards that are
enjoy a competitive advantage due to lower material transfer prices available within
their corporations. It is therefore likely that Japanese and South Korean yards would
2 . 6 .6 O v e r h e a d C o a ts
Overhead costs include the indirect labour and materials, depreciation expenses,
interest costs, and all other costs o f business which cannot be allocated directly to a ship
or project. Marketing and general management costs are sometimes broken out in a
Overhead costs can be divided into two types fixed and variable costs.
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Some shipyards reduce fixed costs through staff reductions, facility
overhead rates are most likely through an increase in the business base as
fixed costs due to their projected high capacity utilization through the
1990s.
Variable Overhead Costs represent the benefits paid to direct workers plus
salaries and indirect resource costs that change with variation in business
base. These costs would include insurance, medicare tax and worker's
Some researchers (Benford, et al, 1982) could allocate 90% of the direct labour cost as the
overhead cost.
2 .^ ,1 Effect of Subsidies
available to shipyards. International ship prices remain strongly influenced by direct and
indirect subsidy programmes (Carson, and Lamb, 1990). Having eliminated subsidies to its
shipyards, the U.S.-built ships construction costs have remained very high comparable to its
substantial price differential between the U.S. and its nearest competitors would remain. The
subsidy, which brought European prices within competitive range of Japanese builders.
For export orders, favourable financing terms were allowed by the Organisation
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for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), thereby reducing the true prices fo ships to
owners. Subsidy practices and their effects are well documented in the report of the U.S. Shipbuilder's
Council of October, 1988 and (Byrns and Stone, 1995). For example, during 1990, West Germany
raised its subsidy budgets from DM 700 million to DM 900 million, that is about 30 percent increase,,
or over $466 million in return for over $3.2 billion in new contracts.
Specifically, government regulations and taxes or subsidies influence demands from the
perspective of the buyer and seller in relationship to demand and price. Without these subsidies, most
major shipyards would remain priced out of the market, despite improvements in their cost positions.
According to recent reports on construction differential subsidy (Stabler, 1993; Zeien and Hillman,
1995) there is an agreement among the major industrialised shipbuilding nations within the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to terminate their shipbuilding
subsidy practices. When finally ratified and implemented by the participating nations, this OECD
shipbuilding subsidy agreement will have the effect of reining in some of the more agressive subsidy
practices that contributed to the market distortions. But one thing is certain, that is, the construction
costs of new ships would certainly increase and this condition would invariably support the entry of
There is also the need to understand why the OECD and the EEC are actively phasing out
government assistance to the shipbuilding industry among their member states. Th^consider more
likely to be achieved if approached in stages through collective agreement than by the imposition of
punitive measures such as those favoured by the US shipbuilding industry and a substantial body of
opinion in the Senate and Congress according to the report of Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd,
1992.
However, the OECD is a group of twenty-four countries, including all the mature
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! industrialised economies of the world, which coordinate their economic policies and activities
with the aim of achieving the highest sustainable economic growth and promoting the development of
world economy. Those members of OECD which are signatories to the Understanding on Export
Credits for Ships in 1969 are listed in Table 2 .lf In addition to those listed, Turkey and Iceland are
full members of OECD and Yugoslavia takes part in some of the organisation's work.
TABLE 2.11
2. 7 . Measures of Merit
There are three more commonly used, valid measures of merit in ship design (Benford, 1983;
Buxton, 1978). These valid measures for a proposed investment are namely, the Net Present Value
(NPV), Internal Rate of Return or Yield (i*> and the Average Annual Cost (AAC) whose surrogate is
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2-*7* I P resen t V alue. : i.' i * NPV is a number, with dollar units, found
by discounting all cash flows to time zero. Its mathematical relationships are as follows:
management. This is the cut off rate, and any investment promising a lower yield is
considered unacceptable.
CR 1 = . A i / P ....(3)
Yield is interest rate based on CR 1 and zero is the time o f delivery o f the ship. This method of
Net present value has two inherent weaknesses: tends to favour massive
investments and it can be misleading if alternatives have different lives. The first weakness may
be overcome by using the net present value per dollar of investment, also known as net
present value index (NPVI),
NPVI = NPV .(41
P
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I f a ltern ativ es h ave d ifferen t lives, N P V w ill tend to favour the lo n g er lived. T his
disto rtio n can be elim inated b y m ultip ly in g each N P V by a capital rec o v e ry factor based on
the sam e d isc o u n t rate, but a p p ro p riate to the individual life ex p ectan ces. T his criterion is
called the a v e ra g e annual b enefit, A A B :
A A B = ( C R - i% - N ) N P V ... (5)
T o elim in ate b o th w eak n esses in the use o f N P V , the third variation, th e av erag e
2.7.2. Y IE L D
L ike N P V , yield requires a p red ictio n o f future revenues. R ath er th an a ssig n in g an interest
rate yield co uld be d eterm in ed by finding that rate that w ill m ake the p rese n t w orth o f future
after tax cash flow s equal to the p resen t w orth o f the investm ents. Y ield can be based on the
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w ith h ig h est v alue o f C R 1 w ill a u to m a tic ally h ave th e hig h est y ield .
S im ilarly , th e altern ativ e w ith th e h ig h est capital re c o v e ry fac to r b e fo re tax (C R ) will
n o rm ally e n jo y th e h ig h e st capital rec o v e ry factor a fte r tax (C R 1)
A1 = A (1-t) + t ......(11)
P r P : N;
but A1 = CR1 ........ (12), sim ila r to (3 ) & (9)
P
S ince t and N are sam e for all a lte rn a tiv e s, C R w ill vary d ire c tly w ith
C R 1 w hich w ill in tu rn v a ry w ith yield.
In selectin g an in terest rate, it is th erefo re im p o rtan t to dev elo p so m e feelin g s for w h at prudent
m angers look upon as rea so n a b le rates w ith regard to c o st o f cap ital. M a n y b u sin e ss m anagers
su p p lem en t th e ir e q u ity capital w ith b o rro w ed funds, usu ally from the b a n k , w h ich resu lts to the
ex pansion o f cap ital, leverage. T his m ean s that any sig in fic a n t d e g re e o f lev erag e adds to the
stock h o ld er's risk. T h is leads to the c o m m o n sen se c o n c lu sio n that lev e rag e w h en em p lo y ed ,
should be aim ed a t in cre asin g the rate o f retu rn on e q u ity cap ital c o m m e n su ra te
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w ith the added risk (B en fo rd , 1984).
A project that earn s less th an the m in im u m a ttraa c tiv e rate o f return (M A R R ) w ill c a u se
relatio n sh ip sh o u ld obtain:
fo i o + f[3 iB = k 1
f0 = p ro p o rtio n o f e q u ity cap ital
b = m in im u m retu rn o n e q u ity p ercen t
fn = m in im u m retu rn o f b o rro w ed capital = 1-fo
in = ban k interest, p ercen t
w hich is
defin ed as that unifo rm cash flow th a t is equal in p resen t value to so m e n o n -u n ifo rm p a tte rn o f
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largely negative cash flows. It usually looks only at investments and operating costs, ignoring
revenues. In other words, we can look at cases where incomes are unknown but equal for
every alternative, or are simply zero. This can be expressed mathematically as follows:
The first two criteria are present value (PV) and average annual cost (AAC).
They ae equivalent and will indicate optima when all alternatives have equal lives. If all
alternatives have equal revenues then the one with minimum AAC will be the most desirable
provided all are equal capability. The interest rate used is usually taken as some target rate,
that is, a few percentage points higher than the minimum acceptable rate used in NPV. The
required freight rate, RFR in cargo ship is the cost per tonne of cargo delivered on a given
trade route. It is a valuable criterion, much used in the maritime industry for studying the
feasibility of new particular engineering concepts or optimising the details of any particular
concept. In effect, RFR is the amount the shipowner must charge his customer if the
shipowner is to earn a reasonable after-tax return on his investment. This concept implies that
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the best ship for trade is the one that can offer the service at the lowest unit cost to the
customer while returning to the owner a fixed, reasonable level of profitability after tax. The
quantitative value of the rate of return on investment or yield is the measure of merit that
reflects the performance in operation of marine transportation system, while the required
freight rate, RFR and NPV provided a reasonable range of predictable incomes that would
give the decision maker a wide menu of designs to choose irom in quest for a model ship.
The late 1960s and 1970s saw a number of major new developments which in one
way or another had an impact on the general basic design problem. Among the
most significant was the computer. To complete the basic design, several
iterations around the basic design band are required to ensure that the ship is
technically sound and can meet all of the ship design requirements and computers
been described in papers by Murphy, Sabat and Taylor (196S), Mandel and Leopold (1966),
Gilfillan (1966-67), Fisher (1972), Eames and Drummond (1976), Yagle (1974). Most of
these programs were written for batch computers in which the data were inputs on cards or a
paper tape, the calculations made using fixed formulas and a mountain of answers printed at a
high speed on a line printer. This computer method was not particularly suitable for the batch
designer through experience, is personally involved in the development of the design, in terms
of concept and methods used and also in the reasonableness of answers obtained. To aid these
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features, further research and development project in this area resulted in computer-aided
design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) software programmes suitable for personal computers,
PCs. These computer systems have been developed to accomplish the basic design rapidly,
exactly and within a limited time interval (Han, 1983; CODES, 1987; Imoue et al, 1986; Beir,
1988; Lee et al, 1989). Figure 2 * 9 is a typical model regarded as a computer representation
of the design process and design methods of an application domain to enable simulating the
gradually extended back into CAD so that structural drawings could be prepared through them
as well as a direct interrelation with the existing scientific design programs such as:
* Hydrostatics
* Stability Curves
* Subdivision
* Damage Stability
* Longitudinal strength
* Launching
* Capacities
There are concerted efforts to develop a closed and fully integrated software
package covering all major aspects of shipbuilding (Lee, 1981). Nevertheless, there are
computer programs developed by shipyards tailored to their needs for timely design, cost
savings and productivity increase (Marintek, 1987; Northstar, 1990; Butman & Hunt, 1994).
Butman, et al (1994) describes the computer programs DESIGN AND VENTURE (used in
this research work) which rely on functional relationships to prepare preliminary design cost
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F igure317 Design
model and system
wen
m
CA m
configuration
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estimates for ships. The detailed output includes the following:
Hydrodynamic data
Propulsion power
Economic summary
without studying the learning curve effect and savings that should naturally occur and are
usually counted on when budgeting a succession of similar ship constructions. As the first one
is built, mistakes are made and lessons are learned, hopefully the same mistakes will not be
repeated (Black, 1989). The learning experience during ship construction reduces the amount
of effort needed to build subsequent and series of similar ships leading to increase in
has been observed by Hancock and Bayha in (Salvendy, 1982) that productivity increases with
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time. This improvement is associated with the repetitive manufacture of identical- ships or
products which wili improve the performance or efficiency of individual workers and the
predict the labour-hours required for building a series of same class ships given the tabour-
project and the organization, and time between the repetitive tasks. Figure 2.-0 shows the
direct labour-hours curve for a series of identical ships. The curve indicates a continuous
improvement in the labour-hours required per ship. The diminishing rate for productivity
improvement suggests an exponential relationship between labour-hour per ship and the
cumulative ships constructed. When plotted on a log-Iog paper in Figure 2.*?.' the same data
L = KV* (1)
V= number o f vessels
Y = CX + K ... (3)
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Number of units
c
3
0Q_)
e3
0
c1 log L = log K + c log. V
c
(0
E
i
3
O
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<0
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Number of units
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Note that every time cumulative production is doubled, the effort per unit required is a
constant, 2C of what it has been. In other words, every time N, the number o f vessels is
doubled, then L, the direct labour-hours per vessel, decreases by a fixed percentage (Mark-
Forlist, 1976) This suggests that shipbuilding learning rates are between 85 and 98 percent
(Couch, 1974) The general relationship for calculating the slope constant o f learning curve
given a decimal ratio o f learning for DOUBLED production is.
-c = 2_-log Lc ($)
log 2 ''
or C = In Lp ..... (7)
In2
Here are some slope constants and percentage learning ratios in the typical shipbuilding
range:
To calculate the average labour for Vessels Na to N b, where N, is the first vessel
o f the series in the average Nb is the last vessel o f direct labour for included
vessels, it is necessary to sum the learning function over the vessels o f interest and
divided by the number o f vessels.
n
L (T) = I L(N) ....... (8)
i=l
and
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fNb+ .5
J N , - .5 K V 'd V
L = __________________
(Nb + .5 ) - ( N ,- .5 ) * '
[K ( N ^ ^ - t K fN ^ S y n
[ 1-c ][ 1 -c ]
Nb - N , + 1
(l-c )fb -N . + l )
*t
24.0 Inflation and Labour . C e s t ^
Given the learning rate, it is feasible to predict future labour-hours for identical
units o f manufacture. If the labour rate average for all trade is known, the product o f labour-
hours and the hourly wage rate will provide the direct labour cost for vessel. However, there
labour c o sts su b ject to productivity improvement and inflation, the present worth o f the costs
calculate an equivalent interest rate which incorporates both factors and provides a present
w orth o r annual equivalent cost in terms o f zero time value o f money. An inflated currency is
w o rth less in zero time so that the discount rate must increase with inflation.
i = in + if+ inir
if = inflation.
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The basic uses o f the learning curve can be summarized as follows:
certain inputs, mainly direct labour hours when performing repetitive tasks.
* It portrays the concept that the cumulative average unit cost decreases
economic decisions.
accurate.
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METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction:
1
This research work involves the first two stages(deve!opment o f owners requirements, preliminary/concept
design, that is, basic design) o f shipbuilding process. This results in the determination o f major ship character
policy statements by the Government, Maritime Organisations (Nigeria Ports Authority, Nigerian Maritime
Authority, Federal Ministry o f Transport, Nigenlock Pic.), Central Bank o f Authority, Federal Office o f Statis
tics. Other sources included, International Maritime Organisation, Shipbuilding Classification Societies,
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the U.S. Maritime Administration, Insti
tute o f Marine Engineers, Society o f Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the seat o f modern shipbuilding
activities in Asia - South Korea and Japan, and the European Union.
Although shipbuilding Industry for Ocean-going Vessels does not exist in Nigeria, the type and quantity o f
skills that would be needed in the Nigerian context were assumed to be not significantly different from those in
other countries. Therefore a study o f the type and manpower pattern in other countries was considered a useful
guide. To this effect useful information was gathered during my personal visit to Nigerdock pic, Lagos, Marinette
shipyard, Wisconsin, and National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, and the Department
o f Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering University o f Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A., where
3 :3-Methods of Data Analysis:
This section covers series o f techniques (methods) used in carrying out analysis o f the various data col
lected. Each technique measures an aspect o f the research work. These techniques are mission requirements
ship factors, physical constraints relating to dimensions compatible with operating features o f the various port.-
o f call; regression analysis, measures o f merit (IRR, RFR), cost estimation model and accuracy ratio. Oihei
methods used are trend line analysis which enables one to make predictions for the shipbuilding labour compeiv
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3.3.1 Mission Requirement.
The Nigerian Shipping Market (SM), consists o f ship types(need replacement o f coverage or obsoleti
tonnage), Cargo types (dry, wet and combinations) expansion or modification o f services on an existing route
Shipping market therefore is a function o f ships types, types o f seaborne trade, volume o f seaborne trade, age o
ship etc.
breadth, depths and drafts(T) at Nigerian ports areconstrained and a minimum cost solution is sought:
Minimum F (L,B,T,D,Cb)
T < 8m
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A convenient ratio with this class of ships is the deadvyeight-displacement ratio (dwt/A). For a given service
speed (V/VL) or Froude number, (v/VgL) these are some factors which influence the value o f the dwt/A ratios;
For this class of ships, knowing the deadweight, one may obtain the principal dimension, L, B, and D from
sources such as the graph of Figure 3.1 for tankers and combination bulk carriers of moderate sicze (Kiss, 1980). In
this graph the curves of L concide and the curves ofB and D almost coincide for these two types of ships.
Graphs such as the one of Figure 3.2 are used to obtain the dw/A ratio for a given relative speed, V/Vl . Having the
required deadweight, then one may obtain the displacement. Using the previously mentioned graph of Fig. 3.1, to
obtain L, B and D, for a required deadweight, then calculating F from the 1966 Freeboard Convertion, the maximum
draft T may be obtained from the expression T = D-F. Then, selecting an appropriate block coefficient, CB, the
displacement may be readily calculated by using the equation:
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L
0. L PP
B
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3.3.4 Quantitative Analysis:
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This analytical tool is employed to show the demand in the transportation requirements generated by
international seaborne trade for the period( 1979/80-1988).
Demand for particular ships and shipping services evolved with changes in the patterns of trade. The
Cargo throughput(CT) is a function of volume of cargo types and types of ships;
CT, , CT, , C T j.............. CT^ are cargo throughput for other types o f cargo.
1, + L + l 3 1*
CTt CTt CTt . CTt
are ratios, used to ascertain the proportion of each ship type. The target market sector or shipbuilding
niche was derived with this formular.
r = ( \ / v F 0 x io o %
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Y = A + BX
A = Zy - B.ZX
n
B = n.I^ - ' Z x . Z ,
n.Zx* - (Ix)-
r = n.Zxy - Z x . Zy
\/ {n.Zx--(Zxr-}{nZr-(Zy)2}
The following is also a summary of the relationship derived for preliminary cost estimating;
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Steel work direct labour cost:
C sl - K, W, 273 L l/3.
Cb
Outfit direct labour cost:
Col = K2 Ww
C mi = K 3 P k
Csm = IQ W s 1"0
Com = K5 W00 95
W, = Steel weight
W0 = Outfic weight
P = Service propulsion power.
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2. Yeild (or IRR):
Yield or the internally generated interest rate of return (IRR) is a widely accepted measure of
merit. It is the interest rate that leads to an NPV of Zero,
hi
NPV = Z A _ P Q or P0 = I An
n=l ( 1+I)n n=l (1+IRR)"
Where NPV equals zero and i is equal to IRR. Similar to NPV, yield requires a prediction of future
revenues, generated through freights. IRR can be based on the after tax capital recovery factor,
CR ; CR=A:
P
A useful and easily understood m easure o f merit is found by calculating the equivalent uniform annual co
in comparing alternatives.
Ak = (A/P, I, n) I (P/Aj, i, n)
j=i
where Ak = net annual cost, alternative K
Aj = net cash flow in year j
(A/P, i, n) = Capital recovery factor, CR
(P/A^ i, n) = future payment present worth factor.
This analysis requires a specific economic life, and a time value o f m oney. All capital and start-up cost,
salvage costs, and other one-time costs are converted to equivalent annual costs. Annual costs that are same for
each year can be used directly. Annual costs which are not same each year m ust be converted into equivalent
annual uniform amounts. A dcterministically constant operating costs for the vessel alternative is assumed. The
lowest-cost alternative is preferred.
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4. R equired
Freight- R ate (R F R )
11 is tin economic
measure o f merit lor occim irimsporttiiulitis ulso.ilie umoiiiil
which must be charged per touue of-cargo transported annually to achieve a specified rale
o f return on an investment, and calculated as follows:
RFR = SAC (A/P. i. n) + AQC
ATC
where SAC = cost of th vessel
A/P = capital recovery factor or CR
i . = rate of return
n = economic life, years
AOC = annual operating cost
ATC = annual tonnes of cargo canied or C
The. interest rate, tax rate, depreciation method, and rate o f return are used to
determine the capital recovery. RFR can be calculated on a before-taxes basis; however,
after-taxes, RFR could be determined. Figure 3.3 shows an interesting study of the
relationship among speed, length, and block coefficient versus the RFR for a bulk carrier
(Scher and Benford, 1980). The study identifies optimum design or helps to assess the
trade-offs. Figure 3.4 shows the change in internal rate of return as the revenue rate (RFR)
increases from $0.004/tonne-mile _to $0.008/tonne-mile.
0.7* 0.78
*?
20
.004
f tern ((nanw^M t)
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A c c u r a c y R a ti o : When comparing the estimated costs with the actual forecasted costs of built ship, there is
need to establish the accuracy ratio of past estimates', AR. The check of the calculated values are made by
calculating the ratio between the deviated value and the forecasted value, AR.
Note that the construction cost model, Budget estimates have estimate accuracy that should be within
+ 30% to -15%.
6 . C o s t p e r U n it o f O u tp u t:
Comparative costs were used to measure and compare the shipbuilding effort in each country studied. The
basic unit of output used being the compensated Gross Ton (CGT), COST/CGT (One CGT equals one DWT
times a compensation factor).
where i inflation
inflation
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Calculating annual labour based on 96 percent learning:
L = KV"
where L = manpower for per vessel, hours
K = manpower for first vessel, hours
V = number of vessels
C = constant slope of learningcurve, always negative because of increasing experience
and efficiency = 0.0589 for 96% learning Present worth of labour($) = wage rate x
manpower x (P/F, i, n);
and FASTSHIP (NAME University o f Michucjan 1994) wasused to accomplish the conceptual / preliminary
design rapidly and exactly. The measure-of- merit for the handysize used in the programm VENTURE / FASTSHIP
is the internal ra te o f return (IRR). The computer system accepts data describing the characteristics o f the
T he computer programme defines the optimum characteristics and speed for a vessel o f given length, the de
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CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 Introduction
This study involves the estimation of the new ship construction costs
This chapter covers the data presentation and analysis of the study. All
the data collected, which are relevant to the objectives of the study and also in
Other important data, which were collected in the course of the study are also
presented and discussed in this chapter. Subsequently there are three parts for
this analysis:
c. General discussion.
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4.2.1 Mission Requirements
The.demand for ships like demand for shipping services is derived from the
demand for seaborne trade. The analysis of the Nigerias shipping market over the period:
(1979/80 1988), in Table 4.1 follows and would suggest that the demand for particular
ships and shipping services involved with changes in the patterns of trade; with bulk
and Figure 4.1. These were derived from Table 4.1 on Cargo Throughput handled at
Nigerian Port (Exclusive of Crude Oil Terminals); 1979/80 - 1988. Based on the
which, shipping market {SM} is a function of ship types, types o f seaborne trade, volume
SM = f (ship types, cargo type, cargo throughput, age of ship, speed etc).
From Table 4.1, the analysis of this data shows that in 1979-80 General cargo vessels
lifted 43.7%, container vessels carried 6.2%, fishing vessels lifted 2.4% and Bulk carriers
lifted 47.8% of the cargo throughput respectively, in accordance with the formula (see
3.3.4)
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TABUS 4 . 1
TOV
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TABUS 4 .2
SOURCE: C a lc u la t-* ^
70 t
60
of F le e t S e c t o r
50
GBsBVLGARGO
40
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30
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^ O o cn O) cn CD
CC UJ oo
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Year
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CTg CTc CFf CB CTt
+ + + = = 1 or 100%
CTt CTt CTt CTt CTt
The rest o f the values w ere sum m arized in Table 4.2 and the trend in
shipping m arket is show n in Figure 4.1.
From this analysis, the m arket trend for this period show s a decreasing
bulk com m odities carried by bulk carriers w hile the volum e o f cargo lifted by
contain er v essels and fishing vessels tend to remain the same. The largest
segm ent in this p o ten tial m arket, bulk carriers (the w orkhorses o f the sea)
p ortation system for this study is the bulk carrier, having been found to satisfy
a good proportion o f this shipping m arket. O ther reasons for this choice
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include the rapid fall in the share o f the general cargo ships in bulk trades as
the result o f the rapid growth in the bulk com bined fleet. According to Fearnley
and Egers C o. Ltd., (1985), the annual growth rate globally w ould be 5.1
But a further analysis o f the demand for this product - m ix (bulk carrier)
reveals an annual growth rate o f 3 .0 5 percent for this target market sector, a
~l)x 100%
= (10 6 4 , 4 - 1 ) X 1 0 0 % = 3 .05%
47 . 7
4 .2 .2 N u m b er and T ypes o f Sh ip
A good insight into the needs o f the shipping industry is obtained with
respect to the number o f merchant ships calling at the Nigerian Ports. By taking
examination o f the cargo types involved in the seaborne trade and the respective
ship types used in lifting them over a period o f ten years (1 979/80 to 1988)
indicates four types o f vessels (excluding oil tankers; and refer to Table 4.2):
- General cargo
- Containers
- Fishing trawlers
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The sizing of the future fleet and determining the correct quantity of new
and replacement tonnage requires a careful analysis of costs and benefits that
are inherently difficult to quantity, and therefore outside the scope of this study.
The governments estimate of ISO new ships iii the national fleet can be used
profile of the fleet in the defunct Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL) in
Table 4.3 indicates that they were mostly built in 1980. An example is MV
RIVER NGADA that was built in November, 1980. They have exceeded their
according to Table 4.4 on Lifetime, T in years, divided on ship types, that is,
replaced.
In 1995, NNSL became bankrupt and its remaining vessels and assets were
liquidated.
and owns only one ship, a container vessel, MV ABUJA, 6270 DWT purchased
at $20 million in 1995. But according to Useni (1985), about 150 new ships,
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ZIHLB 4 .5
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MV R.Asab 10,9)35,4)3 3.45m 16 knots 12|*ass 12,000 5,6'35Tons Jul.79
Est irreted
I i fe t ime
Tankers 0-60000 15
Tankers 60-150000 15
Tankers 150000 15
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each with 20,000 dwt capacity would be needed to fill the yawning void in the
national fleet.
Bulk carriers are classed according to function, size and generic ship type
One circumstance that will tend to increase the average ship size is the economy
of scale that can be obtained and that a larger ship would bemore economical.
vessel draft have been the only restraining factor on the maximum size, as
ill
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TABLE 4.5
r~ T y p i c a l Tanker Dimensions
In replacing the 16,000 DWT aging ship (Defender) in the national fleet
the decision would be to substitute it with a new ship (Challenger) in the range
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N o r a a l t t W fey R i r k t i Tra4
J in 1983 P r l c t i
8/OUT * 6 . 6 7
10000
OUT - 3500 f
/
e i i i i 1 i i i i
f i i i i I i i i r
OUT
X10"
lg.43L Construction dollars per dwt adjusted economy of scale for all ships
sro A v v e a , *
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4.2.5 Speed
relationship of speed versus payload for different vehicles, indicating the range
where that vehicle might be found to be practical. Generally, ship speeds faster
than 15 knots are economically justified only for high valued, general cargoes.
Bulk cargoes, such as iron ore or petroleum or palm oil, are relatively low
valued and thus not time sensitive. The average actual service speed of the bulk
fleet has been rather stable at 12.5 to 13 knots in the period, 1970-1975. Then
the speed was reduced to about 11.5 to 12 knots in the 1980s and seem to have
fluctuated a little. This reduction is due to increases in bunker prices and low
freight rates. The service speed range for the bulk carrier in this study is
assumed 10 to 15 knots.
development has been the gradual demise of the steam engine in favour of the
low-speed and medium-speed diesels. Diesel engines have been used for
navies have selected gas turbines for the majority of their non-nuclear
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SpMd
Speed
and
site ranges for various types of v eh icle
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<
In this study, see Figure 4.4, diesel engine of low-speed type has been
selected as the prime mover for its direct drive of ships propeller without any
speed-changing device and, therefore are restricted to an rpm for which efficient
propellers can be designed, generally below 300 rpm and possibly as low as 55
may define ships size either by one set of them or in various combinations. The
prevailing as the bulk carrier would service a wide variety of ports in the five
continents.
various ports of call. To this effect, draft of the -vessel is the primary design-
11.50 meters. Table 4.6 shows the maximum drafts available at Nigeria ports,
most ports at US East Cqpt, Europe, South America, and far East. Ships are
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BASIC CO NCE PT S II
DIESEL E N G I N E
(medium or high s p e e d ,
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reversing)
MECHANICAL
REDUCTION
GEAR
S T E A M TURBI NE
(with reversi ng e l e m e n t s )
FIXED-
PITCII
MECHANICAL PROPELLER
GA S TURBINE REDUCTION
(non-roverslng) GEAR
(r evers i ng)
DI ES EL E N G I N E ELECTRIC
(medium or high spo o d, DRIVE
non-revers i ng) r e v e rs i ng )
C O M B I N A T IO N DIESEL ELECTRIC
OR G A S T U R B I N E ( C O D O G ) DRIVE
(r e ve r s i ng)
MECHANICAL
REDUCTION
GEAR
COMBINATION
G A S TURBINE
AND S T E A M TURBINE
COGAS
MECHANICAL CONTROLLABLE-
REDUCTION PITCH
GEAR PROPELLER
Fig Principal a l t e r n a t i v e s in t h e se l e c t io n of a p ro p u l s i o n a r r a n g e m e n t
depth of water available at port facilities or other waterway limiting features
Typical of such navigational restrictions are the Suez Canal with a beam of 64m
and draft limit of 16.2m, the Panama Canal with a beam limit of 32.2m and a
draft of 13.0m and at the Dover and Malacca Straits with limit draft to about
20m.
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TABLE 4.6
NIGERIA:
Apapa 9.50
Third Apapa Wharf Extension 10.50
Tin Can Island Port 9.50
Port Harcourt 8.00
Warn, New Port 11.50
Calabar 8.00
Boston 10.70
New York 10.70
Baltimore 11.00
Norfolk 10.70
EUROPE:
Antwerp 11.30
London 10.70
Rotterdam 14.00
CANALS:
NATURAL CHANELS:
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In Nigeria, on the average, the maximum ship length permissible ranges
from 160m-180m. But vessels with lengths above 180-200 meters could be
Bilingua Report, 1989). Except for draft, all other dimensionswere allowed to
vary during optimization analysis. The parameters that were manipulated were
the length, beam, coefficient of forms, and the speed-power analysis based on
C argo
The Bulk carrier type such as tanker, ore carrier or liquid carrier (ex.
palm oil) is usually of the deadweight ship. It generally carries high density
would be the cargo that could effectively utilize the size of vessels under
consideration. Of these, palm oil has the average density and has been
considered as the cargo for this trade. With a stowage factor of 1.09 cubic
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metetsper tonne, palm oil would require a higher hold capacity for the same
cargo deadweight. For these reason, the vessel designs were based on palm oil
as the export cargo. Other cargoes considered include bauxite, 1.07 m3/tonne;
salt, 1.03 m3/tonne; Tung oil, 1.07 m3/tonne. Thomas (1957) gives stowage
factors for a wide variety of commodities and Table 4.7 shows approximate
restricted waterways and the oceans, and in high maneuering conditions. The
waters.
4.21.4 Superstructure
The historical ship arrangement for vessels has typically been a fore- and
bulk carrier. Use of an quail aft superstructure has shown that ship
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TABLE 4.7
IT E M PA C K IN G M /T IT E M P A C K IN G M /T
Apples Boxes 2.23 Lead, pig Neat Stowage 0.22
Autos Assembled 7.52 Lard Boxes 1.25
And Uncrated
Barbed wire Rolls, 1.53 Machinery Crated 1.39
Bauxite Bulk 1.07 Meat Cold Storage 2.65
Beans Bags 1.67 M olasses Bulk 0.75
Beer Bottled in 2.23 Newspaper Bales .
Cases 3.34
Butter Cases 1.67 Nitrate Bags 0.75
Canned Cases 1.34 Oil Drums 1.25
Goods
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Carpets Bales 3.90 Oranges Boxes 2.17
Rails
Condensed
2.37
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Flour Iced Bags 1.34 T ar Barrels 1.50
0.53
0.53
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superstructure height of 7.62 meters and 15 percent of the lenght between
perpediculars.
The optimum vessel design depends not only on the ship characteristics
include:
investment criterion.
1994).
per annum are the off-hire days or downtime spent for repair work, break
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4.2.1.7 Days in Port
The time in port per round trip for the bulk carrier has been taken as 2.5
days (Hunt, 1994). This is because the pumping capacity of a bulk carrier is
! ' { > ! 6 - 1 ? percent of the deadweight per hour, and thus 8 - 1 6 hours are
required for unloading. A similar time is needed for loading, and the remaining
Available data for bulk carriers indicate that between 1.25 and 3.5 days
are spent in each port for unloading and loading. The time in port appears to
be more a function of the efficiency of the port equipment than the size of the
vessel being handled. It has been assumed that a total time of 5 days per round
4.2.1.8 Endurance
Hydrographic Office, 1943; Philips Distance Table for mariners, 1960; and
Japan (see Table 4.8), it can be seen that the approximate distance between US
East Coast and Nigerian Ports is 5,000 nautical miles. For the bulk carrier, a
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S fc *4
NIPPON
PHIPPING
- WORLD PORTS.
EXCHANGE,
1973.
TOKYO,
<<M V5 (/I
IN NAUTICAL
JAPAN.
MILES
rrg?PP?P ?> I
I 8s2 r - ' r f f
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4.2.8 Bulk Carrier Design Selection
parameters and the economic measure of merit, that is, the Internal Rate of
of-merit after the specific future conditions are known. This eliminates the cost
discrete, exhaustive, and independent set of future events. The discrete design
alternatives are:
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- Vessel range, nautical miles 5000, 5000, 5000,& etc.
A ship is generated and evaluated for each of the length-beam ratios and every
information, and shipbuilding data. This information is used to find the ship
characteristics and ship speed needed to provide the best internal rate of return
speeds. The programme can then be instructed to print out the detailed
characteristics, economies, and operating information for the best ship in the
Furthermore, using the best ship (optimum bulk carrier design selection)
the various construction cost estimates for the foreign countries (U.S., U.K.,
shipbuilding compensations.
The results from above evaluation (see Table 4.10) show that the L/B =
6.2 ship, 160 m x 25.8 m x 0.80 Cb economic performance is better than L/B
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nmaiB 4*9
;i n p u t DATA . ;
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Freight rate, $/metric tonne-mile 0.006
Cost of heavy bunker fuel, $/tonne 180.0
Cost of diesel fuel, $/tonne 250.0
Shipyard fixed cost, $ 3500000.0
Construction steel cost adjustment 0.30
Steel cost adjustment 0.070
Machinery cost adjustment 2 0.020
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= 6.25 or L/B = 6.4 under any of the future events. That is, the L/B = 6.2
selection of L/B = 6.2 ship to key future event parameters reveals that there
other ships, as shown in Table 4.10 Required Freight Rate For Selection of the
TABLE 4.10
(S/tonne-mile)
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Required Freight Rate Vessel Specification IRR, %
$ per Tonne - mile
IS
0
om
FRE IG H T R A T E , $ PER T O N N E -M IL E
...B ... L / B = 6 .2 q. L /B = 6 .2 5 L /B = 6 .4
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Based on these preliminary engineering studies, it was decided that the
model bulk carrier should be approximately the size of the L/B = 6.2 ship,
vessel designs from Mitsubishi Heavy Industry (1994) and Bremer Vulkan
Werft GmbH (1995), the various proposals as shown in Table 4.11 were
generated. These were further refined in order to obtain the maximum bulk
carrying capacity possible and meet other requirements for the intended service.
use of high -strength steel versus mild steel, fuel carrying capacity, fuel in
double bottoms versus wing tanks, expected vessel trim, susceptibility and
exposure to noise and vibration, electric load required, main propulsion plant
diesel engine.
Various diesel propulsion plant alternatives were considered to ensure
that the best overall plant was selected. Ship type G in Table 4.11 was selected
are given in Figure 4.6 - General Arrangement of the Handysize Bulk Carrier
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SHIP TYPE/
ITEMS A B C D E F G
L B P (M ) 1 6 0 .0 0 1 6 0 .2 0 1 5 0 .5 0 1 6 0 .0 0 1 6 0 .0 0 160 1 6 0 .0 0
0 m ld (M ) 2 5 .8 0 2 5 .8 4 2 1 .6 0 2 5 .8 0 2 5 .6 0 2 5 .6 0 2 5 .8 0
D m ld (M ) 1 0 .7 5 1 0 .7 7 1 1 .7 0 1 0 .7 5 1 0 .6 7 1 1 .2 2 1 0 .7 5
T m i d .d e s i g n ( M ) 8 .0 0 8 .0 0 8 .5 0 8 .0 0 8 .0 0 8 .7 5 8 .0 0
m M m
D ie s e l m M w it
B u ild c a r r y in g
c a p a c ity @ 19478 19759 17747 19900 19102 20991 19900
T lm d d e s ig n ,
MT
B u il c a r r y in g
c a p a c ity @ 29249 29359 26513 2880 28783 29982 28880
T m ld D L W L ,
MT
S e rv ic e s p e e d
(K n o ts ) 1 2 .7 5 1 4 .5 0 1 4 .0 0 1 2 .7 5 1 2 .7 5 1 2 .5 0 1 2 .7 5
SOURCE : Calculated.
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4.2.8.2 General Description and Mission
carrier is shown in Figure 4.6, from which it can be seen that it is a single
screw, slow-speed, diesel engine propelled vessel with four cargo holds. Apart
from carrying its normal cargo of palm oil, it is'also suitable for the carriage
of 20 foot and 40 foot container/highway trailers and automobiles. The ship has
a bulbous bow, raked stem, and a transom stern. It has super-structure and
deckhouse located aft. The deckhouse has five deck levels. There is no sheer
on any decks.
The hull is subdivided by eight transverse bulkheads into nine main water
tight compartments. The engine room is located after, between the after peak
capacity with the four cranes being arranged as two twin units located between
holds Nos. 1 and 2 and also between holds 3 and 4. Loading and unloading
operations are performed by means of these two twin cranes land via the stem
quarter ramp for the ro-ro cargo. With this arrangement these four holds may
be served by two cranes working together to provide double the lifting capacity
of a single unit.
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The wheel house is located in the eight tier of the deckhouse above the
main deck to provide good forward vision above the container tiers on the hatch
covers.
The mission of the ship is to transport palm oil, containers and ro-ro
cargo between the USA and West Africa especially Nigeria. The ship will be
follows:
1. Principal dimensions:
Length, bp 160.00m
Breadth, molded 25.80m
Depth, molded to main deck 10.75m
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2. Cargo capacity:
At designed draught 19900MT
At DLWL 28800MT
Service speed at design draught and normal output of main engine with
20% and margin: 12.5 knots. Total maximum speed at design draught and
4. Complement:
Officers 8 persons
Crews 14 persons
Additional 3 persons
Total 25 persons
5. Machinery
Main engine, MITSUBISHI - SULZER single acting and
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Propeller 5 blades, solid, Ni A1 Brx 1 set 6.07m
dia.x6.01m pitch.
Electric Generators:
1 set.
reducing ships time at berth, reduce ship turnaround time thereby reducing
The vessel derives its main power from a set of Mitsubishi - Sulzer
give a service speed of 12.5 knots with the vessel fully laden.
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4.3. SHIPBUILDING CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES
in section 4.2 is now used for the study to determine the cost estimate and price
operaion data used in the basic.. design, but using the appropriate shipbuilding
wage rate prevalent in each foreign shipbuilding nation (U.S., U.K., Japan,
for new building are determined based on the ship prices prevailing in the
based on the shipbuilding cost arrived at by taking into account various factors,
wise price, shipbuilding can add up to ten percent (10%) as a profit margin to
Table 4.13 below summarize the ship design cost estimate, derived from section
3.3.6 and APPENDIX , life cycle cost for the bulk carrier. Subsequently Table
4.14 presents the analysis of the results for this study, with a simple gross
margin of 10 percent
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TABLE 4.13
Shipbuilding Cost Estimate and Ship Prices
Item Amount
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TABLE 4.14
Building cost of Nigerian Shipbuilding Industry (Com parison with US., U.K.,
Shipyard- A B ' C D E
Item U.S. U.K. JAPAN S. KOREA NIGERIA
Material
Cost, $M 9.00(41.6% ) 11.00(40%) 11.00(37%) 11.00(45.5%) 11.00(65.5%)
Labour
Cost, $M 9.00(4.1%) 10.00(36.4%) 12.00(40.4%) 7.00(28.9% ) 0.38(1.8% )
Fixed
Cost, $M 4.00(15.2% ) 4.00(14.5% ) 4.00(13.5% ) 4.00(16.5% ) 4.00(23.8% )
Total Cost
Estim ate $M 24.00(90.9% ) 25.00(90.97% ) 27.00(90.9%) 22.00(90.9% ) 13.3(91.1%)
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construction cost of $27M, 63.4% lower than U.K.s construction cost of S125M. and
56,98% lower than the U.S.s construction cost of $24M. - all leading to a competitive
advantage to Nigeria.
65.58%, the competive advantage could be partially offset or even more than offset by
a rise in the building cost in Nigeria due to the appreciation of the dollar, depending upon
the degree of its reliance on imports from the developed countries for materials. But this
industry and production of cheaper doemstic steel materials. Nigerias industry and
production of cheaper domestic steel materials. Nigerias ship prices were arrival at by
adding such factors as interest and non-operating expenses to the shipbuilding cost.
On the other hand, the labour cost included in the shipbuilding cost was derived
by multiplying total man-hours by unit hourly wages. Since wages in Nigeria have in
recent years tended to be relatively stable, well below the inflationary trend, the share of
A comparision of ship price sof the handysize, among the shipbuilding nations
reveals that Nigeria is in an advantageous position with its price of $I6.8M being about
44% lower than those of South Korea, $24.2M; 76.8%; and 57.1% lower than those of
Japan, $29.7M; 63.7M; lower than those of U.K., $27.5M and 57.1% lower than those
of U.S. $26.4M; when the exchange rate prevailing in December, 1995 was applied. It
is noteworthy tha the primary factor in the shipbuilding competitive environment is price,
which could be driven by shipbuilders costs. Many shipbuilders could bid at cost, some
have been known to liave bid below total cost in times of overbuilding, depressing new
construction prices.
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The following is ranking according to the relative cheapness of the shipyards
based on the aggregate cost.
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4.3.1 Economic Performance
the performance attributes with respect to its market price and operational
Tables^. 16 and 4.17 below refer, to the summary of Economic performance and
43.3% higher than South Koreas IRR of 0.1434; 76.5% higher than Japans
IRR of 0.1164; 63.2% higher than U .K .s IRR of 0.1259; and 54.9% higher
than U.S. IRR of 0.1327. These differences can have a very significant effect
all things being equal, a less expensive ship to build is a more competitive one
When comparing the estimated costs with the actual forecasted costs of
the bulk carrier, there is need to establish the accuracy ratio of past estimate,
AR. The check of the calculated values is made by calculating the ratio between
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The following is the analysis of the economic summary of the bulk carrier built
ITEM C O U N T R Y I
A B C D E I
US UK JAPAN S. KOREA NIGERIA I
Economic Life
years 20 20 20 20
20 1
Rate of Return % 13.27 12.59 11.64 14.37 20.55 |
Owner Capital
Investment $M 6.23 6.52 6.97 5.79 3.95
Amount of Bank
Loan, $M 18.69 19.57 20.90 17.37 11.85
Total Capital
Requnt, $M 24.92 26.10 27.86 23.16 15.80
Working Capital
Reqd, $M 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
Start-up Expenses}
$M 1.19 1.21 1.24 1.17 1.06
Gross Cash Reqd.,
$M 26.61 27.81 26.90 24.82 17.36
Borrowed Funds
Interest Rate 0.085 0.085 0.085 0.085 0.085
Anitqai Principal
and interest, $M 2.25 2.36 2.52 2.09 1.43
Loan, Amortization
Period, years 15 15 15 15 15
Scrap value 0.085 0.085 0.085 0.085 0.085
Federal and State
Corporate Tax rate 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.315
Inflation rate;
Depreciation Basis
Sum-of-years - 0.035 0.035 0.035 0.035 0.035
digits method
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TABLE 4 . 1 7
SUMMARY OF ECONOM IC PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING DATA
Ship Y ard A B C D E |
U.S. U.K JAPAN S.KOREA NIGERIA I
Item
Officers & Crew 25 25 25 25 25
Pori Time Per
Round Trip, Days 5 5 5 5 5
Operating Days
Per Year 350 350 350 350 350
Round Trips Per
Year 9.289 9.289 9.289 9.289 9.289
No. of Days at
Sea Per Round Trip 32.68 32.68 32.68 32.68 32.68
Economic Life,
Years 20 20 20 20 20
Depreciation Period,
Years 10 10 10 10 10
Total Cargo moved
Tonnes/Year 271693.4 271693.4 271693.4 271693.4 271693.4
Discounted Freight
Cost, $/Tonne 12.018 12.018 12.642 10.969 8.273
Discounted Freight
Cost, $/Tonne-mile 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.002
Investment Cost,
$M 24.0 25.0 27.0 22.0 15.0
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AR = Vf - Vf
V#
shipbuilding Nation.
AR = 12.6 percent
This accuracy ratio of 12.6% falls within the costruction cost models Budget
the ship building nations in this study namely U.S., Japan, U.K.,S.Korea and
unit of output used being the compensated Gross Ton (CGT), COST/CGT. In
other words, comparing the income per unit work (represented by the
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C o m p e n sa te d G ro ss T o n ) fo r th e h a n d y siz e bu lk c a rrie r w as m ad e fo r each fo reig n
TABLE 4.18
Item A B C D E
U .S. U .K . JA P A N S .K O R E A N IG E F
150
available in developed countries of the U.S., U.K and Japan, with a reasonable
This analysis has brought to the fore the shipbuilding industrys price
cost advantage in favour of Nigeria. This, coupled with the depreciated value
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4.3 Inflation And Labour Cost Estimate
In order to resolve the long-term need o f 150 new v essels in the merchant fleet, it is
planned that N igerias shipbuilding industry can m eet this demand within 20 years by
producing 7 ships each year. T w o shipyards w ith an annual capacity to produce 4 ships
and 3 ships respectively w ere envisaged. This calculation is done to predict labour costs
On this basis, the estim ated average rate for shipbuilding labour is $0.75 per
labour hour. That is, using regression analysis (see Section 3 .3.5), it w as possible to
determ ine trends in growth o f labour com pensation. B y inspecting Table 2.9, on
com pensation rates in dollars as deducted in Table 4.19. The anticipated inflation rate
during the next five years for shipbuilding labour is 5 percent year. T he shipbuilders
TABLE 4.19
Year U .S. U.K . Japan S.K orea Nigeria
1990 15.11 12.55 16.18 10.00 0.50
1991 15.32 13.02 17.43 10.80 0.50
1992 15.53 13.80 18.69 11.60 0.60
1993 15.74 14.32 19.94 12.20 0.60
1994 15.96 14.68 2 1 .2 0 12.50 0.68
1995 16.19 16.76 22.45 13.50 0.68
% increase
1990-1995 7.15 2 5 .5 8 38.75 35 36.0
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Coefficient 0.9998 0.99 0.9999 0.998 0.95
i = 0.08+0.5+(0.08X0.5) = 0.134
L = KV^
= 482,639*003W
Vessels
Yard Yard
1 1 1 - 965,278
2 2 1 0.960 926,666
3 3 1 0.937 904,166
4 - 1 0.922 444,993
5 4 2 0.910 884,194
6 5 2 0.900 873,576
7 6 2 0.892 864,889
8 - 2 0.885 427,136
9 7 3 0.879 854,754
10 8 3 0.873 848,480
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11 9 3 0.868 843,171
12 - 3 0.864 417,000
13 10 4 0.860 836,414
14 11 4 0.856 832,070
15 12 4 0.853 828,691
16 - 4 0.849 409,761
17 13 5 0.846 823,383
18 14 5 0.843 820,007
19 15 5 0.841 817,590
20 - 5 0.838 404,451
Therefore, the present worth o f economic gain in zero year dollars is $7,976,950, or the annual
equivalent gain is $7,976,950 (A/P,.134,5) x (0.2871) = $2,290,257 for the use of the learning experienc<
for shipbuilding when inflation is 5 percent and the cost of money is 8 percent during the five-year
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4 .5 . Time of Delivery of the Vessel
efficien cy .
o u tlo o k . Each new sh ip is pow ered by a M Itsu b ish -S u lzer slo w -sp eed
lin e w ith the govern m en t's com m itm ent to a stron g N ig er ia n -fla g
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stu d ie s w ere made as regards the exp ected fu el com sum p tion and
b a sic c r ite r ia :
Panama C a n a l s .
2. A maxim um d r a u g h t of 1 0 .7 5 m
4 .5 .2 . Preliminary Designs:
South K orea for d esig n in g elev en general cargo v esse ls for d ie sel
p o ssib le and m eet oth er req u irem en ts for the in ten d ed ser v ic e as
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per F ig u re 4 .6 - G eneral A rrangem ent of th e H an d ysize/H an d ym ax and
co m p r isin g :
2. S p ecifica tio n
4.5.3. Bidding/Contracting:
have fa c ilitie s under th eir con trol to carry out and com p lete th e
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w h ich , in h is o p in io n , is m ost advantageous to h im . T h is is not
n ece ssa rily the lo w est p riced , though p rice u su a lly has m ore to do
award.
.An IFB
a p p ro v a l.
Even the U .S . Navy freu en tly con tracts for tech n ica l a ssista n ce,
though its Navy has su b sta n tia l num bers of en g in eerin g and con tract
be d eliv ered d u rin g each year for the next fiv e years b eg in n in g
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to b u ild fou r sh ip s and th ree sh ip s each year resp ectiv ely .
M odel S h ip y a rd (s).
con tract: con tractu al d ates and tim e c o n str a in ts, paym ent sch ed u le
% V alu e US$
C ontract sig n in g 5 8 4 0 ,0 0 0
Lay K e e l ( f i r s t b lo ck ) 15 2 ,5 2 0 ,0 0 0
Launch 15 2 ,5 2 0 ,0 0 0
r " - r ** . %
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PLATE AND SHAPE
STORAGE RECEIVING
STEEL AREA
PROCESSING SHC
PLATE AND SHAPE STRAIGHTENING
BLASTING AND PAINTING
ROLLER MOVEMENT
AUTOMATED
ASSEMBLY/BLOCK SHOP
COMPLETION OF BLOCK SECTIONS
TO CRANE CAPACITY
PRODUCTION LINE
WELDING AND INITIAL FITTING OUT
GANTL
(300 T(: GANTRY
(500 TONS)
BUILDING S BUILDING BUILDING
DOCK #1 DOCK #2 DOCK #3
OUTFITING SHOP
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X-5-IKey E v e n t s , Production Planning and Scheduling
H an d ysize/H an d ym ax (b u lk C a rriers) .
1. 1101 A #1 1 0 /6 /9 8 2 8 /4 /9 9 1 6 /5 /9 9
2. 123 B #1 1 5 /7 /9 8 6 /5 /9 9 2 0 /6 /9 9
3. 1102 A #2 1 5 /8 /9 8 2 0 /5 /9 9 1 5 /6 /9 9
4 . 124 B #2 1 0 /9 /9 8 1 7 /6 /9 9 1 8 /7 /9 9
5. 1103 A #3 1 7 /1 0 /9 8 2 5 /8 /9 9 2 0 /9 /9 9
6. 125 B #1 1 4 /0 1 /9 8 2 0 /1 1 /9 9 1 0 /1 2 /9 9
7 . 1104 A #1 0 3 /1 2 /9 8 1 0 /9 /9 9 1 1 /1 0 /9 9
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Number 1/2 = 100%
Number 3/4 = 90%
Number 5/6 = 85%
Number 7 = 81%
Figure 4.9 illustrated with a Gantt Chart stows the Key event for all the seven
ships for the strategic Planning. From the figure it can be seen that key events for ship
No. 1 of the bulk carrier for Which this Building strategy has been developed are:
The construction period and building dock were decided according to die
working load table, which illustrates the work load level of all vessels within die yard.
The work load table was compiled from data of past actual (manhour) results of similar
Vessel types, considering hull construction, out-fitting and painting (direct trade only).
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T hese d ates d eterm in e when brought on m a teria ls and
p la c ed .
* D raw ing S ch ed u le
* S ch ed u le of tests and tr ia ls
structure of th e sh ip .
a llo ca tio n , p ro d u ctio n , and m a teria l flo w and con trol system . These
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(b) R e so u rcin g a n d u tilization:
60.5 p e rc e n t o f la b o u r b u d g e t o f 4 8 3 ,0 0 0 m an -h o u rs.
TABLE 4.21
Thousands Man 0/
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GrouD Description % or
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following man-days of each trade:
TABLE 4.22
In addition we have 6250 man-days o f engineering (140 working drawings at 172 hours
each-6020 man-days) plus quality assurance, tests and trial and planning to total 6250 man-
days.
This information forms the basis for shipyard planning. The planning department would
have to start with the above data to determine the monthly manning for each hull to be
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constructed. The contract provided 9 months actual construction time after receipt of materials.
The production process allowed flat labour curve for which the production hours indicated
would call for manning on each hull of approximately 1360 production workers.
Th yards planning staff would, in much more detail, through the original estimates and
that crews can be moved front the first hull to the second and so on, assigning the same people
the same work on the second hull etc. to avail the yard o f any labour savings the learner curve
affords.
The building schedule for the first ship has been so planned that building dock work
would be allotted 5.75 months and outfitting work would be allotted 5.5 months. The events on
1. Erection of the main hull block was to be completed 40 days before launching
in order to finish mockup test of the cell shots in all holds prior to launching.
2. Taking the shafting work into consideration, the main engine would be loaded
on board some 35 days before launching. Seven days before main engine
loading, the shelf center sighting must be executed.
The main schedule for the outfitting work was arrived at as follows:
1. Main outfitting work, including the official sea trial and delivery preparation,
was allocated
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seven m on th s.
o ffic ia l sea tr ia l.
the sh ip .
d eliv ery of th e sh ip .
co n stru ctio n con tract was to be form ed , p rin cip a lly as a resu lt of
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co h esiv e approach to co n stru ctio n m anagem ent o rg a n sa tio n w h ich m ust
re so lv in g b lo ck a g es and p r o b le m s .
program
procedures,
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Executive Board
Committee Directors / Senior Managers
Consultant (Coordinator)
>^
Chairman
Project (from Executive C om m ittee)
Steering Project Manager
\ f
Project
Action Appropriate Personnel
Teams tasked with specific work
S o u rc e : JS P , 1995.
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documenting results and benefits achieved,
department, and
department personnel.
years. They were to support the steering groups and action teams in
advice.
lead design yard and required plans would be made available to the
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generally described in the following and included those submitted
* key plans
* piping diagrams
wiring
outfittings
* purchase specifications
* test procedures
facility design could require that a follow yard build the ship
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4.6. Shipyard Capability and Capacity
with berth cranage and block shop size, cranage and access
panels with one sided welding and automatic stiffner welding. Webs
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subassembly area and fed to both panel line and shaped structure
shop. Pin jigs are used for ship's structure, Some panels and
and blocks to the various shops, platens and berths. Equipment and
furnishing contractor.
design and engineering work to design agents. Both the shipyard and
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characteristics of the shipyard.
A CRANES:
18m
j ib crane
B, BUILDING DOCKS/BERTHS
10m
wide,
wide.
D. TRANSPORTERS
profiles up to 15m
by 0. 5m
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Into/from Assembly Shop 10 tonne, capable
of handling panels
up to 15m by 3m
handling panels up
to 15m by 15m
of handling blocks
up to 30m by 15m
E. SHOP AREA
docks.
Engineers 406 12
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Skilled Workers 1586 47
Non-shipbuilding
Sectors 1171
Total 4521
RSUT, Port Harcourt and F.U.T Owerri that train technical managers
4.7. Implementation:
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4.7.1. Immediate Take-Off of the Shipbuilding Programe
lead yard and the other follow shipyard located at Warri. This
(Hunt,1995).
December, 1998:
leadyard.
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4.7.2. P la n fo r I m p le m e n ta tio n
years;
years;
would commence.
the seven bulk carriers must be strictly adhered to. All the seven
provide its guidance at the outset of the project and also to make
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the government should view promoting the development of its economy
a variety of ships.
export.
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Letter of intent
S e le c tio n o f lo c a tio n o f s h ip y e a rd s ,
b u ild in g d o c k s , s ig n in g o f a g r e e m e n ts
MM A
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S p e c if ic a tio n s a n d e v a lu a tio n o f b id s ,
s ig n in g o f c o n tr a c t fo r b u ild in g th e b u lk
c a rrie rs /s h ip y a rd .
B u ild in g o f t h e b u lk c a r r ie r s , d e liv e ry
B u ild in g o f d o c k s , r a in p s , p a r k in g s p a c e s
e tc .
S e le c tio n o f p e r s o n n e l fo r in s p e c tio n ,
o ffic e rs a n d c re w
T e s tin g o f d o c k s , r a m p s , s e a tr ia l w ith
s h ip s
f i g u r e 4.1J* A G a n t t r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f s t e p s n e e d e d 383231
rr 1 , 1 s e
of im p lem en talin g the hulk carrier seiv ice
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landowners.
prospective contractors.
construction.
contractor(s).
project.
personnel.
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Begin marketing the service. For publicity invite
ceremony.
corrective action.
service.
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4.8 D ISCU SSIO N O F RESULTS
This section discusses all die findings and results o f this research work. In course o f this
study, it has been ascertained that three imbalances exist in the Nigerian maritime industry,
namely in die areas o f freight earnings/conservation, ship-ownership, and cargo sharing. With
only one ship, MV ABUJA purchased in 1995 and in the national fleet, u follow s that the
Nigerian seaborne trade is being lifted by foreign-flag ships. Both the huge amount o f freights
and insurance associated with the carriage o f these cargoes sum up to $1.3 billion annually.
This amount is paid to foreign ship owners. It therefore results in an opportunity cost that
The 3 percent commission on all freights generated through the seaborne trade and
collected by the National Maritime Authority would be $39 m illion annually and actually a
mere pittance when compared with about 50% o f the freights (about $600 m illion) volume o f
coargo that would be earned by national fleet in accordance with the National Shipping ftolictj
The strategic importance o f ship ownership cannot be ignored because entrusting the
ocean commerce o f the nation in the hands o f foreigners is fraught with many dangers. In
tim es o f national emergency, few foreign ships would be w illing to sail to Nigerian ports,
insurance covers and premiums would be increased for those ships w illing to call at the ports.
But most importantly die nation's competitiveness in international markets is lost and a crucial
To redress this situation, the government has promulgated the National Shipping Policy
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Decree 10 o f 1987, thereby establishing die NMA, empowered to implement every aspect o f
the Decree as well as establishing the Ship Acquisition and Ship Building Fund (SASBF). In
all the government estimates an addition o f 150 new ships. One modality for fulfilling this
need is through the findings o f this research work by examining some aspects o f Decree 10
o f 1987 through estimating the construction cost o f comparable vessels in Nigeria and foreign
countries.
The analysis o f die Nigerian shipping market from 1979/80-1988 constituted the
mission requirements o f the vessels that would be employed in the national fleet. The market
characteristics, that is, types o f ships and cargo, replacement tonnage, the market volume,
market sector, and target market were obtained. That is, bulk carriers constituted over 64% o f
the potential market, general cargo constituted 22%, containers constituted 12%, and fishing
trawlers constituted 2%. Bulk carriers were chosen as the product-mix, an interesting market
niche for this target sector and was determined to have an annual growth rate o f 3.05 percent.
From the above discourse therefore, when faced with blank order book the Nigerian
shipowner must make a decision as to die market sector to be targeted. This decision has often
in the past been made intuitively due to lack o f defined methods or constraints against which
to analyse the product-mix. According to Scott (1995), successful entry into the merchant
shipbuilding sector w ill be a matter o f strategy. The era when shipyards could aim to construct
all types o f vessels according to market demand has finished, and most shipbuilders now
specialize. This enables organization such as NMA and facilities to be correctly matched to
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Choice of the bulk carrier size was determined by considering a number o f factors
including the tendency to increase die average ship size as die economy o f scale that can be
obtained and that a larger ship would be more economical based on several factors. A larger
ship operating at the same absolute speed has a lower unit resistance. In addition, the larger
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ship can operate in higher sea states before speed^ffected either by arbitrary slowdown due
to severe motions or just die natural degradation o f speed in waves. Construction costs per unit
o f cargo carrying capacity also go down as ship size increases. In replacing the 16,000 DWT
overage ship (Defender) in the defunct NNSL the decision was to substitute it with a new ship
This bulk carrier would also meet up with the growth in shipping demand in implementing the
The bulk carrier characteristics for this study resulted from the basic design approach.
Both the commodities or the cargo carried aboard the ship and for this trade, navigational
constraints and physical constraints especially existing at the Nigerian ports were taken into
consideration, specifically the lim iting draft o f 8 meters . The resulting design could have
maneuvering capability in the Nigerian waters and at ports o f call overseas. This bulker has
The construction cost estimates derived are close approximations when compared with
the forecast cost (S21.SM) in the literature review and examplified from die construction cost
o f die number one shipbuilding country, S.Korea (S24.2M). The accuracy ratio o f 12.S percent
was within the model's Budget Estimate o f +30 and -15%. Interestingly, this estimated price
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is considered one o f the data sources from which to determine foreign price.
When compared with construction cost o f Nigeria, its comparative cost advantage is
43.8%. When S. Korean cost is compared to US. cost (S26.4M ), U.S comparative cost is 9%
disadvantaged, but this can be neglected and the cost in the two countries are about the same.
For this reason, analysts in die U.S. maritime industry have been urging the U.S to re-enter die
merchant shipbuilding industry that it abandoned in the early 1980s as result o f high
confirming die report according to 1984 research findings o f the U.S Maritime Administration
that it is true that in die Third World, cheap-labour shipbuilding industries are becoming more
During the 1980s and 1990s the governments o f traditional shipbuilding nations (OECD
except USA) have been intervening with all types o f subsidies to prop up the industry. But
from 1998, die subsidies would be terminated and ship prices are bound to soar to new heights.
But the question is whether Nigeria can afford to continue to purchasing overpriced foreign-
built ships inspite o f possessing some capability to resolve her long-term need for ocean-going
vessels locally? The economics o f ship system construction and operations determines success
or failure, but usually small differences in cost between competitors are decisive which from
this analysis tilt in favour o f Nigeria. The prevailing economic conditions also favour
investment in shipbuilding by foreign investors, government and the private sector, since many
o f the traditional European shipbuilding Nations are seeking econom ic co-operation among
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The results obtained with shipbuilding experience (learning curve) are used to predict
the future direct labour costs for identical series o f manufacture over some period. These
factors are taken into consideration, shiplabour for the first ship, shipbuilding rate, anticipated
inflation rate during the period, shipbuilder's cost o f money (interest rate) and also the learning
rate. These results become increasingly important and necessary tools for bidding, bargain
during negotiated contracts, cost change estimates and adjustments. The learning curve is also
a useful method for the comparison analysis o f economics o f ships constructed under different
Differential Subsidy (CDS) Application. A s soon as a shipowner files an application for aid
in construction, the government or die finance house begins detailed reviews o f submittals and
evaluation o f the vessel under die assumption that the same vessel is to be built at same time
in a foreign low-cost shipbuilding nation. The price is extremely important as it is the basis
Prices o f ships and their components are dependent on place and time o f manufacturing,
as w ell as on negotiations (Gallin, 1996). In this study, figures from the US., U.K ., Japnese,
S. Korean, and Nigerian shipyards based on deliveries in 1996 are assumed. The prices with
construction cost implications, derived from this study are o f course indicative price lists, but
they are sufficiently valid for a comparison o f alternatives, with the most cost comparative
V essel replacement planning in the national merchant fleet is the decision o f the
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National Maritime Authority's top management The idea to locally resolve the long-term need
for ocean-going vessels must be nurtured now. The time is ripe and most auspicious with a
developing economy and labour intensive work force. This would be supported by the political
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CHAPTERS
SUM M ARY, CONCLUSIONS, RECOM M ENDATIONS
5.1 Introduction
This section summarizes the reearch work carried out during this study, draws
conclusions from the findings and results, and finally makes recommendations.
5.2 Sum m ary o f the W ork
The research work has dealt with the economic factors affecting the shipping
industry, the relative cost o f construction o f comparable hndysize bulk carrier in Nigeria
shipbuilding industry in Nigeria. Both the prevailing and potential econom ic factors with
regards to SAP and which w ill impact expansion o f the shipping industry by planning and
developing the shipbuilding industries have been discussed. Central to all these issues is
With respect to som e o f the objectives stated in Decree No. 10 o f 1987 establishing
like Nigeria was examined with a focus o f estimating the relative cost o f
shipping market the type (bulk carrier or handysize), size, speed, method
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o f propulsion o f the vessels which should be employed in the National
Fleet, etc.
The estimated costs for the construction o f the targeted market product-mix,
handysize model based on the basic design are $24M (U .S .), $25M (U .K ), $27M
(Japan), $22M (S.K orea), and $15.3M (Nigeria). These costs with price implications are
results show changes in the relative cost advantage in favour o f Nigeria to the tune o f
77 %. The overriding econom ic factor used here is the differential shipyard wage rate
among shipyards in the foreign countries. Wage gaps were established to exist between
the foreign countries and Nigeria. These changes in relative cost structure are only a part
o f the com petitive environment, however, they have a very large potential impact on the
prospect for N igerias commercial shipbuilding in the 1990s and 21st Century.
The simulated econom ic performance o f each vessel built in the foreign countries
was studied. Under the same operating conditions the economic index o f the rate o f
return, IRR on investment was investigated. The result was that the IRR obtained from
operating the Nigerian-built vessel was the highest (0.2055) and also in favour o f Nigeria
to the tune o f 77 %.
The design approach, while envisaged to producing the lowest initial ship
long-term investment.
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The study has also provided insight into these cost changes and other aspects
promotion, and position. By defining a market hierarchy, both the potential and
projected m arket for these analysis clearly delineate avenues towards enhanced
resources labour productive factor o f 2 .2 2 , cheap energy, budding iron and steel
complex among other factors, it is envisaged that Nigeria like China and South Korea
The ability o f Nigerian shipyards to meet the projected demand has been examined
under the precept that the availability o f skilled manpower would limit her
shipbuilding capacity. But an increased use o f industrial engineers may also be found
useful. Presently the Japanese and the S. Koreans are using twice as many industrial
engineers as any o f the European yards (Carson, 1990). The education institutions
should expand their curriculum to include production and planning concepts for in
shipbuilding. The need to replace existing liner tonnage is critical for the Nigerian
shipping companies. Any new or replacement tonnage for die national fleet would
opportunities for commercial vessel construction are forecast for Nigerian shipbuilders
of tomorrow, primarily through replacement o f die aging and obsolete vessels in the
national fleet. This domestic business base would furdier improve the competitive
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5.3 Summary of Findings
Abuja, a 6270 DWT container vessel was purchased from Poland in 1995 at the
cost of $20 million. A similar vessel built in Nigeria could sell fro less that $15
million as the results from our study have shown. It could be proper to suggest,
therefore, that this project offers an excellent opportunity for Nigeria to participate
Rather than acquiring any product being offered in the world market, the
handysize bulk carrier, the result of this project has been derived for this study
technological changes associated with replacing die obsolete 16.000 DWT general
As a model for this study, the handysize construction cost was estimated
for each foreign country studied using the prevailing differential ship labour wage
rate, Nigeria has the least construction cost of $15M, asures tliat high quality
product through design, construction and classed by at least one of the leadidng
The practical application of the project is that the derived costs could be used to
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calculate the best possible estimate for the shipbuilding project on the basis o f a
properly coordinated will lead to resonable budget that can be used as a guide through
The shipbuilding program m e has been scheduled to last 20 years, from 1999. This,
in essence constitutes the time budget. Having identified'these three constraints associated
with this project, it is expected that all management functions should operate within these
constraints.
5.4 Conclusions
The decision by the National M aritime Authority (NMA) to retonnage the national
m erchant fleet and the acquisition o f 150 new ships would entail a $3 billion m arket
which is the largest business opportunity out o f Nigeria for world shipbuilders. It will be
very easy for Nigerian shipyards to compete on a price basis w ith Korean, Japanese,
are currently offering. The results of this project indicate an excellent opportunity for
opportunity will be lost by default to Japanese, Korean and a few European shipyards.
5.5. RECOMMENDATIONS.
1. Successful entry into the m erchant shipbuilding industry would be a m atter o f
strategy. The era when shipyard could aim to construct all types o f vessels
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according to demand has gone and most organisations now specialize in one or more
matched to the target market sector. This study has identified the bulk carriers and
and the Nigerian shipyard should be geared to produce this class of ships. A
2. The physical constraints of the shipyard such as length, beam, depth of water and
capacity must be considered. Shipyards can be classed according to the generic ship
type corresponding to the maximum size of ship that could be constructed. The
Nigerian shipyard would be constrained by size, but a larger graving dockyard would
entail investment, a positive cost benefit and an advantage. The advantage for a larger
shipyard lies in the fact that it can "trade down" to build smaller vessels, if that is
what the market demands, giving an added flexibility. The smaller shipyard cannot
trade up.
learning experience, minimizes the labour content decreases building times, and
furthermore reduces the acquisition costs of the vessels. A Nigerian shipyard with a
learning rate of 85 percent would produce the 10th vessel in the series studied at the
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The industry should implement strict cost control measures to reduce overhead
innovations taking place in the maritime industry worldwide and be able to adapt
these changes to its needs. The need is. amplified by the revolution in shipbuilding
methods which began in the U.S. shipbuilding industry in 1979, that features a
shift in logic
and detail to zone orientation for most design and production engineering
efforts.
standardized production.
flow. W hereas the process type yard requires series production and massive
through- puts for efficiency, these product-oriented yards realise the benefits
of mass production for small numbers o f sim ilar ships and have the
sizes.
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6. The importance of computer applications in shipbuilding must be emphasized.
Aided Engineering (CAE), and Computer Information Management (CIM) are but a
7. Manpower constraints would limit the ability of the Nigerian shipbuilding industry to
meet the possible future demand for ships. Among die four higher Institutions in the
country that teach maritime - related courses, it is only Rivers State University of
maritime management technology. Its inability to cope with demands for graduates
in this field has been cited. The teaching, training and the research facilities in these
areas should be expanded and upgraded to cope with the "conversion of engineers,
professionals and other skilled manpower from over 10,000 engineers with allied
8. Two shipyards with a capacity to produce 7 ships each year would conform to the
commencing in 1999, the projected demand for 150 new ships in the national fleet
could be met by the year 2019 and replacement of obsolete ships would commence
thereafter.
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9. The Ship Acquisition and Ship Building Fund (SASBF) should be increased to
about $300 million to effect the construction o f the two shipyards and facilities
(estimated cost o f $150 m illion based o f South Korean Hanjin Shipyard), and to
the 21st Century, they need to build sustainable competitive advantage that extend
the recent improvements in cost competititivesness. Any nations governm ent can,
and often does, give its yards a decisive competitive edge through policies that
5 .6 A reas F o r F u rth e r S tu d y
and determining the correct quantity o f new and replacement tonnage requires a careful
as the asis for the development o f design and engineering capabilities. Labour-saving
technologies represent the m ajor trendin shipbuilding and should be m ost actively
advanced.
5 .6 .3 Shipbuilding Technology
The technology for building ships should be explored either through pre-fabrication and
assembly or group technology or system-oriented methods or other methods. Such
methods should be<geared towards building high quality products and shortening time of
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implementation programme.
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conferences serving Nigerian intemalional sea-borne trade;
prohibited without p e r m is s io n .
I (I) The Authority shall investigate, determine and keep current recordsof:-
'*'(*) promote the acquisition o f shipping technology by creating and diversi
. (a) ocean services, routes and lines from Nigerian ports to foreign markets
fying employment opportunities in the shipping Industry, through the
as may be determined by the Minister to be essential for the promotion,
nimubtson and protection o f indigenous shipping companies;
development, expansion and maintenance of the foreign commerce of
Nigeria:
(0 assist in the economic integration o f the West African sub-region:
(b) bulk cargo carrying services for the purposes of promotion, development,
(g) offer- protection to Nigerian vemcb Dying the nation's Dag on the high
expansion and maintenance o f the foreign commerce o f Nigeria, the national
seas and world seaports:
defence and other national requirements provided by Nigerian flag vessel
(h) increase the participation by indigenous Nigerian shipping lines in ocean whether or not operating on a particular ocean service, route or line:
shipping through the application o f the provisions o f the UNCTAD Code
(c) the type. sue. speed, method o f propulsion and other requirements of
on General Cargo and by entering into bilateral agreements, or othei
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adequate, regular.certain and permanent service: or
fj) achieve a system atic control o f the mechanics o f sea transportation: and
(iil to provt ie the bulk cargo carrying services necessary for the promotion,
(k) promote the training o f Nigerians in maritime transport technology and m ainten.nee and expansion o f foreign commerce of the Federal
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ownership;
(g) the number, location and efficiency o f shipyarcs existing -it:r.ecateotthe
(0 to regnlnre liner conferences and national carriers: and ' promulgation of this Decree or thereafter built in Niceria.
tg) to perform such other functions as may be required to achieve the aims
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(a) the cost o f maintaining the ocean lilies;
(a) Nigerian individuals , of enterprises fully owned by Nigerian individuals
have at least 6 0 pet cent o f its equity shares and the company a registered
(b) the probability that thc ocean lines cannot be maintained except at a
in Nigeria;
heavy loss disproportionate to the benefit accruing to foreign trade;
(b ) the vend s owaed by the company operate on the deep sea and not on the
(c) the numbers o f sailings and the types o f vessels that should be employed in
the oceans lines: Nigerian coastal or inland waterways;
(c) the head office o f the company is located in Nigeria and its management
(d) the benefit the maintenance o f the ocean line may afford to the foreign and control is directed fron its Nigerian head office;
* trade o f Nigeria: and
(d) the company owns at least one ocean-going vessel o f not less than 5,000
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1(1) There shall be for the Authority a Director Genera) who shall be the Chief
Executive and who shall be appointed by the President. Commander in Chief of (0 the vessels o f the company, are registered in the Nigerian Register of Ships
Armed Forces and the vessels satisfy all conditions stipulated in the Nigerian Merchant
Shipping Act 1962 as amended; and (1962 NO. 30.)
(2) The Director General shall be responsible tot the Jay to day administration o f the
Authority. (g) 100 per cent o f the crew and at least 75 per cent of the shipboard officers
including captain and chief officer and wherever possible chief engineers,
jl3) The Authority shall appoint a Secretary to the A uthority who shall keep the are Nigerians j
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under the UNCTAD Code o f Conduct for- Liner Conference, national carriers
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APPENDIX III
MONTH MAR APR JUNI JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR .APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN
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MAX GM FOR ROLL PERIOD 12 S = 2.979 9.773
RATIO GM/B = .158
HULL STEEL, MT. T = 4489.521 4418.587
OUTFIT, M T,T = 1152.008 1133.806
MACHINERY, MT, T = 505.590 497.602
DESIGN MARGIN, M T .T = 153.678 151.250
LIGHT SHIP, MT, T = 6300.797 6201.245
FUEL CAPACITY REQUIRED, MT, T = 748.483 736.657
CARGO, MT, T = 29249.530 28787.390
MISCELLANEOUS DEADWEIGHT, MT, T - 244.621 240.756
TOTAL DEADWEIGHT, MT, T = 30242.630 29764.800
DISPLACEMENT, MT, T = 36543.430 35966.050
DISPLACEMENT VOLUME, M3, FT3 = 35620.860 1257939.000
TONNE PER 1 CM, T PER 1 IN = 37.190 92.967
WETTED SURFACE, M2, FT2 = 6532.121 70311.160
REYNOLDS . = 881157E+09
FROUDE NUMBER = .166
FRICTION RESISTANCE COEFFICIENT ITTC = .0016
RESIDUARY RESISTANCE COEFFICIENT = .0008
CORRELATION ALLOWANCE = .0004
AIR RESISTANCE COEFFICIENT = .0001
STEERING RESISTANCE COEFFICIENT = .0000
TOTAL RESISTANCE COEFFICIENT = .0029
EFFECTIVE POWER, MW, HP = 2.747 3683.918
TRIAL POWER AT SERVICE SPEED, MW, HP = 5.296 7101.699
SERVICE SHAFT POWER, MW, HP = 6.355 8522.040
FROUDE SPEED-DISPLACEMENT COEF = 1.294
FROUDE RESISTANCE COEF = .697
FROUDE RESISTANCE COEF, L=400 FT .713
APPENDAGE FACTOR = 1.020
SHAFT TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY = .990
PROPELLER RPM = 88.000
PROPELLER DIAMETER, M, FT = 6.050 19.850
PROPULSIVE COEFFICIENT = .534
APPROXIMATE MAX DRAFT, M, FT = 8.065 26.458
BLOCK COEFFICIENT AT MAX DRAFT = .784
CARGO DEADWEIGHT AT MAX DRAFT, M T .T = 19478.320 19170.560
DEADWEIGHT AT MAX DRAFT, MT, T = 20471.430 20147.980
CARGO DENSITY AT MAX DRAFT = 609.332 599.704
CARGO API DEGREES AT MAX DRAFT - 100.722
NUMBER OF PROPELLERS = 1
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STEEL HANHOURS PER MTONN, PER T 35.000
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LABOR RATE IN C L U D IN G OVERHEAD. $ /H R 21.000
ST EE L M ATERIAL IN D E X 1.000
O U T F IT M ATERIAL IN D E X 1.000
MACflTNERY M ATERIAL IN D E X 1.000
P R O F IT ON S A L E S .050
MATERIAL C O ST S T E E L , $ 3205126.000
MATERIAL C O ST O U T F IT , $ 3365178.000
M ATERIAL C O ST M ACHINERY, $ 4664095.000
LABOR M AN-H RS ST EE L 291438.200
LABOR M AN-H RS O U T F IT 34141.680
LABOR M AN-H RS MACHINERY 168750.500
LABOR, S T E E L , $ 6919038.000
LABOR, O U T F I T , $ 810558.100
LABOR, M ACHINERY, $ 4006307.000
TOTAL M A TE R IA L . 5 11234400.000
TOTAL L A B O R , $ 11735900.000
F IX E D C O ST NOT XUCL OVERHEAD, $ 1^00000.000
TOTAL C O ST E S T IM A T E , $ 26470300.000
P R O F IT 1393174.000
ESII.YaATED S A L E S P R I C E , $ 27863470.000
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ECONOMIC L I F E , YEARS 20
RATE OF R ETU RN , \ 11 . 6 4 2 7
OWNER C A P IT A L IN VESTM ENT . 6 9 6 5 8 6 9 . 0000
AMOUNT OF BANK LOAN, $ 2 0 8 9 7 6 1 0 . 0000
TOTAL C A P IT A L REQUIREMENT 2 7 8 6 3 4 7 0 . 0000
WORKING C A P IT A L REQ UIRED 5 0 0 0 0 0 , 0000
S T A R \'- OP E X P E N S E , $ 1 2 > ... L46 . 0000
GROSS C ASH R E Q U IR E D , $ ? 7 S 3 9 6 2 0 0000
BORROWED FUNDS IN T E R E S T RATE 0850
ANNUAL P R IN C IP A L AND IN T E R E S T 2 5 1 6 4 9 9 0000
L O .J S AM ORTIZATION P E R IO D , YEARS 15
D E P R E C IA T IO N P E R IO D . YEARS 10
SC :tftP VALUE FACTOR 0850
FEJE21AL AND STATE CORPORATE TAX RATE = .3150
IN F L A T IO N RATE .0350
D E P F 5 C IA T IO N B A S I S S U M -O F -Y E A R S -D IG IT S METHOD
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COST OF F U E L , $ /M T $ /T 180.000
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COST OF D I E S E i, FUEL O I L , $ /M T $ / T 250.000
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PORT T IM E PER ROUND T R I P , DAYS 5 .000
OPERATING DAYS PER YEAR 350.000
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