Prospect of shipbuilding and related industries in Sarawak / Wan Ahmad Lutfi Wan Zainal Abidin… [et.al.].

This project paper attempts to study the prospect of shipbuilding and related industries in Sarawak. There were 53 registered shipbuilders in Sarawak in 2001. Shipbuilding industry in Sarawak demonstrates significant potential. Sarawak's shipbuilders have entered niches that range weighing from small to 6,000 tons and have the potential to build cargo ships and passenger liners reaching 30,000 tons. The results of the finding covers the opportunities available, the form of support needed such as a basic modern infrastructure in the form of suitable location, basic amenities, riverine and water conditions etc., and incentives such as tax rebates, financial assistance, technical assistance, as well as skills development, etc.