Abstract
Nowadays, shipping industry which is the backbone of economic development has affiliated to ship maintenance and repair industry. This industry provides technical maintenance services to ships in a way to enable them to meet the requirements and regulations of the International Maritime Organization and maintaining the vessels at high technical standard & continual seaworthiness condition. Maintaining the minimum requirement of classification societies on the ships is solely taken place with repairs. The research method is an applied study in sake of aim and a descriptive study in sake of nature. This research has been conducted to examine causes and factors contributed to failures repairing in dry docks in the country; using the obtained results, an approach has been presented to reduce obstacles existing in country and reach to standard international levels. The problems include lack of suitable strategy, lack of government support, governmental facet of the structure of this sector, cumbersome laws, customs problems, lack of specialized workshops, low levels of technology and lack of new technology etc. Thus, by taking amendment to the cumbersome rules, taking advantage of industry and modern technology experts, increasing productivity and competitiveness, centralizing active domestic and foreign workshops at private sector, facilitating timely supply of parts and accessories, using research and development sector, increasing quality, reducing costs and repair time, selecting secure industrial- trade partner and etc. can pave the way in this context.
Highlights
Poor management performance at this strategic industry is evident which can be due to lack of management instruments or other factors;
Lack of foreign agencies and modern technologies, lack of participation by leading foreign repair companies, shortage of specialized workshops and requirements used in dry docks;
Government’s low attention as well as negative effect of bureaucracy governing it at this industry;
Summary
Ship Repair Strategic Industry in Iranian dry docks has started since 1970 almost. While each of them has allocated a contribution of the global repairs to themselves, our country has not reached to a significant success in this industry. The researcher seeks a solution to problem so as to help to develop the solutions and suggestions by studying the status of domestic and foreign dry docks at this industry, competitors’ success standards and getting the practitioners’, experts’ and researchers’ views and analyzing the obtained information [2]. Whether it can reach to solution with study on the relationship between dependent and independent variables, such as capital, skilled manpower, competent manager and tactician, modern technologies, companies and partners to bring this industry, culture of people, directors and employees of the Company, terms of geography and climate, trade and national laws, Customs law, business communication and relations with other countries, attracting foreign capital, guarantee capital and ensuring internal and external partners, adherence to commitments, government support, advertising, Cruel sanctions, managers’ participation in corporate profits, increase productivity and reduce costs and improve quality, national commitment, alignment and cooperation between manufacturers and service providers with the customer, domestic and foreign competition, low profit lending to companies as well as to buyers and clients ship repairs, tax breaks and subsidies to Shipbuilding and ship repair customers [3]
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