BOSTON NAVAL SHIPYARD: A REUSE STUDY

The change in Boston income resulting from five different reuses of the former Boston Naval Shipyard (BNS) has been economically analyzed over a broad range of employment, investment, operating cost, and revenue (market) assumptions. The reuses examined are: an apartment development, marina, construction of mobile oil drilling rigs, construction of offshore oil service boats, and a shipyard. Comparisons (e.g. size of initial investment) between reuses are made and the marketability of the BNS for the reuses examined. A background introduction, a market analysis, an economic model, and a discussion of key results are presented for each reuse. Definitions of technical terms and a description of the BNS and its facilities are included.

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Ocean Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Kennedy, M B
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Modernization; Planning; Production; Production control; Shipyards; Structural design
• Old TRIS Terms: Shipyard design
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099990
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Report/Paper Numbers: MS Thesis
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM