⚓ Industry · Shipbuilding & Marine
How long do blocks wait between being ready and being erected?
How long blocks really wait before erection. How fast you could produce weld records for a class surveyor. Where defects are actually being found.
One yard found blocks waiting twenty-four days for a crane and a space, after eighteen days of fabrication.
One yard lost eleven weeks of berth time on a single build. Six of them were spent waiting for a block that was reported ready and was not.
Shipyards — vessel construction milestone visibility live
As featured in PrintWeek India, April 2026 ↗
Three yards. Each one measured the fabrication and never the waiting.
01 The block that waited for a crane
Blocks are fabricated, then moved, then erected. Movement depends on cranes, on space, on the block before it.
Fabrication is measured. The waiting between fabrication and erection is not, and it is usually the larger number.
One block, fabrication to erection
Fabrication18 days
Waiting for crane or space24 days
Movement1 day
Erection12 days
Block status and readiness are visible to planning, so crane and space are scheduled against what is actually ready.
24 days → 9waiting per block
Show me howFifteen minutes. Bring one block.
02 Class survey, and the record that had to be found
A class surveyor asks for weld records, material certificates and NDT results for a specific joint.
Everything exists. It exists across a welding log, a QA file and a material register, and finding it holds the surveyor while your people search.
Time to produce records for one joint
From logs and files1.5 days
From partial systems5 hrs
Captured at each weldMinutes
Welder, procedure, material lot and NDT result attach to the joint as the work is done.
Days → minutesper surveyor request
Show me howFifteen minutes. We trace one joint.
03 Rework found at the wrong stage
A weld defect found at NDT is a repair. The same defect found after painting or outfitting is a demolition.
Defects are recorded. Which welder, which procedure, which shift is not, so the same cause repeats across blocks.
Defects by where they were found
At NDT24 defects
At erection41 defects
After outfitting58 defects
Each weld carries its welder and procedure, so a defect points to a cause that can be corrected.
Caught 2 stages earlieron average
Show me howFifteen minutes. Bring one recent defect.
Building the block is planned. Everything between blocks is assumed.
Your Production Flow
Every block. Every system. Every milestone tracked.
This is how a print job moves through your business. Clicarity gives you live visibility at every phase — and flags delays before they become client calls.
01
Design & Material
4 stages
Contract & Specification
Vessel contract signed, class notations and specification confirmed.
✓ Clicarity: Project ID created, block structure defined, milestones set
Design & Classification Approval
Structural, piping, electrical, and outfitting drawings approved by class.
⚠ ⚠ Common delay: class comments — production cannot start without approved drawings
Steel & Material Procurement
Steel plates, profiles, piping, and equipment ordered per approved BOM.
⚠ ⚠ Common delay: steel delivery late — fabrication schedule shifts
Incoming Inspection
Materials tested and certified before entering production.
✓ Clicarity: Material cert recorded — full traceability from steel heat to vessel
02
Block Fabrication
4 stages
Steel Cutting & Preparation
Plates and profiles cut using CNC plasma or laser per nesting.
✓ Clicarity: Steel weight in/out tracked — cutting waste visible per block
Sub-Assembly
Small sub-assemblies fabricated — brackets, stiffeners, frames.
Block Assembly
Full blocks assembled and welded from sub-assemblies.
✓ Clicarity: Block completion status tracked — dimensional inspection required
Block Pre-Outfitting
Piping, cable trays, HVAC, and equipment installed in block before erection.
⚠ ⚠ Common delay: outfitting incomplete — block erected with access issues
03
Erection & Hull Construction
4 stages
Block Erection
Blocks erected on slipway or dry dock — aligned and welded.
✓ Clicarity: Erection sequence tracked — block cannot erect without pre-outfitting sign-off
Hull Welding & Fairing
Hull welding completed, fairness checked per classification requirements.
⚠ ⚠ Common delay: weld repair — UT and radiography findings add weeks
Hull Blast & Paint
Hull blasted and coated per painting specification.
✓ Clicarity: Paint system stages tracked — each coat confirmed before next
Launch / Float-Out
Vessel launched or floated out from dry dock.
✓ Clicarity: Launch milestone logged — outfitting phase initiated
04
Outfitting & Systems
3 stages
Machinery & Equipment Installation
Main engine, generators, pumps, and equipment installed and aligned.
⚠ ⚠ Common delay: equipment delivery late — outfitting programme impacted
Piping & Electrical Installation
All piping systems, cable runs, and electrical panels installed.
✓ Clicarity: System-wise completion tracked — pressure and continuity tests logged
Interior Fit-Out
Accommodation, navigation, and safety equipment installed.
✓ Clicarity: Compartment-wise completion tracked — sea trial preparation visible
05
Trials & Delivery
3 stages
Dock Trials
All systems tested alongside — machinery, electrical, and safety.
✓ Clicarity: Dock trial punch list tracked — open items visible before sea trials
Sea Trials
Vessel sea trialled — speed, manoeuvring, and system performance verified.
✓ Clicarity: Sea trial results logged — non-conformances tracked to closure
Delivery
Vessel delivered to owner with classification certificates and documentation.
✓ Clicarity: Full vessel history from keel to delivery preserved
Real Printing Business. Real Results.
""Pre-outfitting was our bottleneck — blocks were going to erection without pipe and cable work done, which meant we did it in a confined space at double the cost. Now outfitting completion is a mandatory stage before erection.""
What improves in shipbuilding businesses using Clicarity
↓ 45%
Outfitting rework in confined spaces
↑ 35%
On-time vessel delivery
↓ 40%
Block erection delays
5 days
To go live — full setup included
Questions from shipbuilding businesses
How does Clicarity work for a printing business specifically?
Clicarity is configured around your specific print workflow — pre-press, printing, finishing, dispatch — in your terminology. Every job gets a unique ID and moves through your defined stages. You see live status, timestamps, and alerts when a job sits too long at every stage. The Clicarity team builds everything for you. You go live in 5 days.
Does it work for both offset and digital printing?
Yes. Clicarity works for any print process — offset, digital, wide format, screen printing, or a combination. The stages are configured around your actual workflow. If offset jobs go through plate making and digital jobs skip that stage, both can be tracked correctly under the same system.
Can it track material wastage at each stage?
Yes — with the Multi Licence. At every stage, your team logs quantity in and quantity out. Clicarity calculates the loss automatically. You see wastage by stage, by job, live — not at month-end when nothing can be done about it.
Will my press operators actually use it?
Yes. The update screen has two fields — Job ID and status. Under a minute. No training needed. GP Offset's entire team was using it from day one, including floor workers who had never used a software system before.
See every block. Every milestone. Before the delay compounds.
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