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OUTLOOK FOR REPAIR AND MODERNIZATION

OF U.S. NAVY SHIPS

NEW 1993 EDITION

Report No. 7121 — Now Available

IMA has just completed a detailed assessment of the U.S. Navy ship maintenance and modernization market. The new, 181 page report provides details needed for long range planning and market positioning in the annual $4.2 billion Navy ship repair business. In the report is up-to-date information vital to keeping abreast of the rapidly changing Navy business environment. *******

CONTENTS

Sec. 1 - Size and Composition of the

Business Base (12 pp)

Navy downsizing and budget constraints will heighten competition for available work—but naval shipyard closures will channel more over- hauls and short term work to the commerical sector.

Sec. 2 - Geographical Distribution of

Business Opportunities (7 pp)

Two-thirds of the Navy fleet are homeported in five locations—and

Navy practice of placing short term jobs in homeport area yards will increasingly distort market competition.

Sec. 3 - Maintenance and Planning Practices (9 pp)

Recent maintenance practices have emphasized the use of frequent short duration maintenance periods in place of lengthy overhauls— changing the pattern and availability of work.

Sec. 4- Navy Ship Maintenance Schedule (17 pp) 780 Ship maintenance jobs have been scheduled over the four year period 1990-1993 (a complete breakdown of scheduled maintenance by individual ship is provided in the report).

Sec. 5 - Composition of Scheduled

Maintenance Jobs (22 pp)

Of the 780 jobs, 90 are overhauls or other long term availabilities, 276 are short term jobs involving drydocking and the balance are short term jobs involving topside work only (details in report).

Sec. 6 - Work Loading by Homeport (19 pp) 90 Of the 780 scheduled jobs will be bid or assigned coastwide—the remaining 690 jobs will be reserved for shipyards in homeport areas (complete details by homeport are provided in the report).

Sec. 7 - Navy Maintenance Available to

Commercial Yards (3 pp)

Of the 157 jobs scheduled in fiscal year 1993, 104 will be open to commercial ship repair yards and the balance will be assigned to naval shipyards (complete details are in the report). *******

Report No. 7121 is available for $575. The report will be sent the day the order is received.

Purchasers of the report will receive an update in March 1993 as part of the initial purchase price.

To order please contact:

IMA Associates, Inc. - 600 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. - Suite 140 - Washington, DC 20037 USA

Telephone 202-333-8501 - Fax 202-333-8504

Telephone or telefax orders will be accepted

Sec. 8 - Scheduled MSC Ship Maintenance (3 pp) 113 Maintenance and repair jobs are scheduled on MSC ships over the next two years (complete details are in the report).

Sec. 9 - RRF Ship Deactivation and

Maintenance Schedule (4 pp) 173 Deactivation or maintenance jobs are scheduled on ready reserve fleet ships managed by the Maritime Administration (details in report).

Sec. 10 - Sealift Ship Conversions (18 pp)

This activity represents the best conversion opportunity for U.S. shipyards over the next 6 to 12 months—with multiple awards planned and up to 8 ships chosen for conversion.

Sec. 11 - Component Replacement and

Ship System Upgrades (7 pp)

Navy plans to spend $5.9 billion in fiscal year 1993 for ship support equipment, communications and electronics systems, ordnance sup- port, spares and other components (details in report).

Sec. 12 - Ship Maintenance Contracts Performed by

Commercial Yards (26 pp)

Details for approximately 1,000 scheduled Navy ship maintenance contracts over the past nine years are provided for each commercial shipyard.

Sec. 13 - Ship Repair Performed in

Navy-owned Facilities (9 PP)

Naval shipyards and ship repair facilities will perform scheduled work on 97 submarines and 183 surface ships over the four year period 1990-1993 (complete details in the report).

Sec. 14 - MSC Ship Repair Contracts (12 pp)

Details for approximately 500 awards for ship repair by MSC over the past eight years are provided—broken down by ship repair firm.

Sec. 15 - Market Share Analysis (13 pp)

A statistical summary showing the number of short and long duration jobs and percentage market share for each shipyard—both commer- cial and public—from 1985 through the third quarter of 1992.

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