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Sustainability of Shipbuilding Productivity in Terengganu
Nurul Nasuha Nordin
Wan Mariam Wan Abdullah
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
The shipbuilding industry in Terengganu is facing headwinds arising from low
demand for new ships / offshore structures amid the global recession and downturn
in the shipping and oil markets. As such, shipbuilding productivity is declining and
thus affecting its contribution to the economic development of Terengganu. This
research aims to evaluate key factors influencing the productivity of shipbuilding and
to determine potentials of shipbuilding sustainability in Terengganu. This research
uses a quantitative method by distributing survey questionnaires to the respondents
involved in the shipbuilding industry. Factors were evaluated by using multi criteria
decision making technique called Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). AHP approach
achieves pairwise comparisons among factors or criteria in order to prioritize them
using the Eigen value calculation. While SWOT analysis was used to determine
potentials of shipbuilding sustainability in Terengganu. This study finds out that the
most influencing factors for the productivity of shipbuilding in Terengganu is
management followed by skilled workers, customers and technology factors. The
finding also indicates that Terengganu shipbuilding industry has good facilities and
legal institution and customers are very satisfied with the workmanship and services.
As such, maintaining that strength and improving the management will sustain the
shipbuilding industry in Terengganu.
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