The GCE Blue Maritime Knowledge Base — and the World Shipbuilding Orderbook — exist so your team never has to start from scratch again.
How much time does your team spend looking for things you know exist somewhere? A regulation update from last year's workshop. A presentation from a conference you attended but can't quite remember. A market overview that was circulated in an email six months ago. A dataset that tells you what's actually being built out there — and where.
In a fast-moving industry like maritime, that kind of friction has a cost. It slows decisions. It means reinventing wheels. And it means that valuable knowledge — often generated at significant expense — quietly disappears after an event or a project closes.
The Knowledge Base is the answer to that problem
Forventede resultater inkluderer sterkere SMB-kapabiliteter, bedre tilgang til nettverk og finansieringsmuligheter, og økt deltakelse i både nasjonale og europeiske forsvarsprosjekter.
The project will:
Identify how maritime SMEs can strengthen their position in the defense and preparedness market through greater use of dual-use solutions based on existing commercial technology.
Map the dual-use potential within the maritime cluster – both nationally and internationally – and identify barriers to entry, including those related to EDF applications.
Foster collaboration across the maritime value chain and map the processes and contact points towards defense stakeholders such as the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), government bodies, and international defense R&D organizations.
Identify how maritime SMEs can strengthen their position in the defense and preparedness market through greater use of dual-use solutions based on existing commercial technology.
Map the dual-use potential within the maritime cluster – both nationally and internationally – and identify barriers to entry, including those related to EDF applications.
Foster collaboration across the maritime value chain and map the processes and contact points towards defense stakeholders such as the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), government bodies, and international defense R&D organizations.
What's actually being ordered? Where? By whom — and in what vessel segments?
The World Shipbuilding Orderbook gives you a comprehensive, up-to-date view of the global newbuilding market: vessels on order, shipyard activity, delivery timelines, and segment-by-segment breakdowns. Whether you're identifying market opportunities, tracking a specific vessel type, or benchmarking where your customers are heading, the orderbook gives you a factual foundation to work from — not guesswork.
For suppliers, exporters, and companies building their international positioning, it's one of the most direct competitive intelligence tools available through the cluster.
