Building of ships and floating structures

Risk Level Moderate 3.2/5 overall
Strategies 43 frameworks applied
Active Risks 11 data-confirmed
ISIC 3011 Analysed: 2026-02-27
Structural Position · Chain Node
This industry occupies a standard mid-chain position, receiving inputs upstream and supplying downstream. All standard...
Depends on 2 infrastructure hubs: Other monetary intermediation · Non-life insurance
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Where It Sits in the Economy

Upstream inputs, downstream outputs, and supply chain membership based on global input-output flows.

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End-Market Supplier

This industry supplies goods or services close to the final point of sale — typically through retailers, distributors, or B2B end-users. Channel relationships and last-mile efficiency are structurally significant.

Upstream Supply Risk 3 / 5.0 High

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Sub-Sectors

  • 3011: Building of ships and floating structures

Industry Type

IND industries are defined by capital intensity and physical supply chain specification rigidity. Asset Rigidity (ER03) and Technical Specification Rigidity (SC01) are the dominant risk signals. Market Dynamics (MD)...

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Industry Classification
ISIC Rev. 4 3011 Class UN International Standard Industrial Classification
National Classification Equivalents
NACE Rev. 2 30.11 Building of civilian ships and floating structures

Structural Position

Cross-sector analytical lenses applied to this industry's 81-attribute GTIAS scorecard, and which structurally similar industries share its risk DNA despite operating in entirely different sectors.

This industry does not trigger any of the five structural lenses under current GTIAS scoring.

Cross-Sector Structural Twins

Industries from entirely different sectors with near-identical GTIAS risk fingerprints — strategies that work in one often transfer directly to the other.

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Broader capabilities: SC03

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