Building Mending Ships
Origins
Almost all major ports and many minor ones had yards where ships
are built or repaired. Indeed, in some ports - notably those on the
River Clyde in Scotland - building ships became more important than
handling cargo or passengers. How shipbuilding and repairing comes to
ports
 Work for ship repairers - a damaged hull |
Initially, shipbuilding began in ports because there lived the
industry`s customers, the shipowners. Another reason was that ships
using a port constantly need repairs, which require much the same
skills as shipbuilding. Ship repairing was often a more certain
business than shipbuilding. An owner could postpone building new
ships if times were hard. However, they could not so easily put off
repairing a damaged ship. Ship building and repairing were
therefore often combined.
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