What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| transactional/sales | Defence ministries and procurement agencies (e.g. US Navy NAVSEA, UK MoD DE&S, DGA France), prime shipbuilders (Naval Group, Fincantieri… | per contract award / per programme milestone payment | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Export-control authorities (US DDTC/ITAR licences, UK ECJU, national arms export reports), environmental permitting agencies for yard… | per licence / per permit / per facility; annual export report aggregates | public |
| employment & workforce | Shipyard HR departments, trade unions, national statistics offices and labour agencies, regional development bodies, industry associations… | headcount per yard, annual; occupational breakdowns and apprenticeship intake | public |
| financial filings | Listed shipbuilders and defence primes (BAE, HII, Fincantieri, Thales, Mitsubishi Heavy), state-owned yards' annual reports, national… | quarterly/annual per legal entity and segment; backlog and order book | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Occupational safety regulators (OSHA inspection records, EU national equivalents), yard EHS departments, insurers and P&I clubs, government… | per incident / per inspection; annual injury rates per yard | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National meteorological services and marine forecast vendors used for launch, outfitting and sea-trial scheduling; yard planning logs | hourly/daily per yard location and trial area | public |
| waste & emissions | Environmental regulators (US EPA TRI/NPDES, EU E-PRTR), yard environmental permits covering blasting, coatings and VOCs; corporate… | per facility per year, per pollutant | public |
| pricing | Naval procurement agencies, national audit bodies (GAO, UK NAO), prime contractors' cost accounting systems; defence market analysts… | per hull / per programme unit cost, annual cost-growth estimates | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | AIS aggregators (Spire, MarineTraffic, Kpler) for sea trials and yard traffic; commercial satellite imagery providers (Planet, Maxar… | per vessel position ping; per image scene per yard, daily to weekly | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | Customs authorities and trade-data vendors (Panjiva, ImportGenius) for module, steel and component shipments; heavy-lift and project-cargo… | per shipment / bill of lading | purchasable |
| production output | Shipyards' programme offices; navies' fleet plans; industry associations (SEA Europe, SAJ); analysts tracking hull deliveries… | per hull: keel-laying, launch, delivery dates; annual yard tonnage/CGT | purchasable |
| energy consumption | Yard facilities/utilities management, national energy regulators for large industrial sites, corporate ESG disclosures | per site monthly/annual consumption; scope 1/2 annual | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Shipyard planning departments and naval dockyard authorities scheduling drydocks and building halls; some capacity assessments in… | per drydock/berth per day-week occupancy | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | Primes' corporate communications and trade-show organisers (Euronaval, DSEI, Sea Air Space); media monitoring vendors | per campaign / per event / per press release engagement | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Classification societies with naval rules (Lloyd's Register, DNV, ABS, Bureau Veritas), government quality assurance (DCMA, AQAP audits)… | per weld/joint, per test report, per survey and certificate | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Prime contractors' ERP systems, tier-1/2 suppliers (propulsion, combat systems, steel mills), government supply-chain mapping programmes… | per part number / per supplier / per programme bill of materials | exclusive |
| sensor/IoT | Yard operations (crane, drydock, welding-machine telemetry, digital-twin platforms from Siemens/Dassault deployments), shipboard trials… | high-frequency per machine/per sensor channel | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Naval sustainment commands (NAVSEA, fleet support), builder-run through-life support contracts, drydock operators | per hull per availability/refit; per equipment item condition record | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.