Production of Ship Machinery and Equipment in Japan 1995
Although total output increased, in 1995, production of ship machinery and equipment in Japan increased only slightly in value. The total value was \ 819 billion up 0.9 percent over the preceding year, as product prices continued to stagnate.
A breakdown of the total value by product line shows that internal combustion engines for marine use, including marine diesel engines and spark-ignition engines, accounted for the highest share at 31.5 percent. This was followed by outfits, including valves, pipe joints, lifesaving and fire-fighting equipment, which accounted for 14.0 percent of the total. The value of marine auxiliaries produced, including generators and pumps, was 9.7 percent, while that of nautical equipment, including radars and communication equipment, was 8.0 percent. Mooring and cargo handling machinery accounted for 7.0 percent of the total, while shaftings and propellers accounted for 4.3 percent.
Production of marine internal combustion engines, which has risen every year since 1987, totalled 27,008,000 PS in 1995 (up 12.9 percent over the year before). Nevertheless, the combined value of such engines built during the year levelled off at \ 257.8 billion (virtually unchanged).
A breakdown of marine diesel engines manufactured in 1995 shows that production of large diesel engines (10,000 PS or more in per-unit power) totalled 4,340,000 PS in power output, up 14.8 percent over the previous year, but, in terms of value, the figure was \ 89.4 billion, down 6.7 percent. Production of medium size diesels (1,000 PS or more but less than 10,000 PS), was 2,205,000 PS, down 0.9 percent, and, in terms of value, \53.9 billion, down 5.6 percent. Production of small diesels (less than 1,000 PS) stood at 3,384,000 PS, down 2.7 percent (\44.9 billion in value, unchanged). These statistics reveal an especially significant fall of large diesel engine prices.
The output of spark-ignition engines grew significantly in both total power and value, by 36.7 percent and 7.9 percent respectively over the preceding year, to ,792,000 PS and fll.9 billion. This reflected ncreased production of jet skis and pleasure boats and he recent trend toward installing more powerful main engines in small craft.
The value of most other ship machinery and equipment items produced in 1995 rose along with the increase of tonnage newly built in Japan. However, the values of marine turbines, shaftings and propellers, and outfits produced during the year registered decreases of 8.0, 8.7, and 2.1 percent respectively.
