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ing connections between shipyards, shipping companies, subcontractors and rating institutions and tries to promote co-operation between EU shipyards. Education and training issues, innovation management of shipyards and contacts with other projects and industries will be addressed in separate projects. “This ensures that the InterSHIP project results can be rapidly implemented to benefit the whole European marine community,” says Airaksinen. InterSHIP a consortium of seven shipyards The InterSHIP process started in October 2004, when European shipbuilders launched their working plan LeaderSHIP 2015 to strengthen the competitive advantage of the European shipbuilding industry. On the initiative of the Euroyards group and following the recommendations from the LeaderSHIP 2015 project, the European shipbuilding industry launched a EUR 38 million integrated InterSHIP project. The force behind InterSHIP is Hܛ