Abstract
There are about 85,000 ships in the world, with 82 % being at least 5 years old, and over half at least 15 years old. All of these ships require, or will require, regular repair and maintenance. The European shipbuilding and marine industry is highly networked. The EU-28 marine supplies industry’s 1st and 2nd tier enterprises employed about 390,000 people in up to about 30,000 companies.
In short remanufacturing is an industrial process of restoring used products to an ‘as new’ condition. Remanufacturing is a key strategy within the circular economy and an important technology for reducing CO2 emission, saving material, labour, energy and prolonging the “end-of life” of products, components and systems.
The paper describes different types of ship repair activities, their frequency and the collaborative networks involved. Furthermore, for each type of repair activity the paper reports the potential of applying remanufacturing approaches, involved companies and their role in a remanufacturing process.
In short remanufacturing is an industrial process of restoring used products to an ‘as new’ condition. Remanufacturing is a key strategy within the circular economy and an important technology for reducing CO2 emission, saving material, labour, energy and prolonging the “end-of life” of products, components and systems.
The paper describes different types of ship repair activities, their frequency and the collaborative networks involved. Furthermore, for each type of repair activity the paper reports the potential of applying remanufacturing approaches, involved companies and their role in a remanufacturing process.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Collaboration in a Hyperconnected World |
Subtitle of host publication | 17th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2016 |
Editors | Hamideh Afsarmanesh, Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, António Lucas Soares |
Place of Publication | Cham |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 661-671 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-45390-3 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-45389-7, 978-3-319-83281-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | 17th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2016 - Porto, Portugal Duration: 3 Oct 2016 → 5 Oct 2016 Conference number: 17 |
Publication series
Series | IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology |
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Volume | 480 |
ISSN | 1868-4238 |
Conference
Conference | 17th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2016 |
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Abbreviated title | PRO-VE 2016 |
Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Porto |
Period | 3/10/16 → 5/10/16 |
Keywords
- circular economy
- remanufacturing
- marine industry
- shipyards
- ship repair
- collaborative networked in remanufacturing