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The Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6) seeks to progressively establish normal competitive conditions in the industry. It encourages transparency through data collection and analysis, and seeks to expand policy dialogue with non-OECD economies that have significant shipbuilding industries.
The Working Party is chaired by Ambassador Tore Eriksen, Permanent Representative of Norway to the OECD.
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08-Sep-2011
This report on the shipbuilding industry in Turkey is one of a series studies covering various OECD countries and non-OECD economies, and has been prepared to inform OECD’s Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6) on the status and future prospects of that industry. This report is the first to cover an OECD member country.
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from 07-Jul-2011 to 08-Jul-2011
This workshop, which was attended by non-OECD economies and industry, considered best practices applied in shipbuilding to address environmental, climate change and sustainable development issues. Documents and presentations are available here.
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09-Nov-2010
This report covers the analysis of environmental and climate change issues affecting the shipbuilding industry. It suggests and that a more holistic, “whole of life” approach to the production, operation and eventual recycling of ships could produce better environmental outcomes as well as potentially positive commercial outcomes.
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from 03-Dec-2009 to 04-Dec-2009
The Workshop gathered OECD members countries and non-member economies, such as Brazil, Romania, Chinese Taipei and Ukraine, as well as industry representatives. The objective was to undertake a fact-finding exercise to assess factors distorting the shipbuilding sector.
Here are the Programme and presentations of the Workshop.
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15-Jul-2009
The economic downturn has hit shipbuilding hard. New orders have contracted by up to 90% and cancellations have increased, which is likely to result in significant excess shipbuilding capacity. This outlook is unlikely to improve for some time.
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13-Mar-2008
For more information about the activities of the OECD's Council Working Party on Shipbuilding, click here.
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29-Feb-2008
This information sheet provides a brief introduction to the purpose and activities of the OECD’s Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6), with particular focus on its co-operation with non-OECD economies with significant shipbuilding industries.
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29-Feb-2008
This Sector Understanding sets common rules for government supported export credits for ships, in particular concerning interest rates and the duration of credits. The latest update of the SSU came into force in July 2008.
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