Abstract
Under the concept of the global economy, the enterprises are assigning design and production environments around the world in various areas. In shipbuilding companies, a serious problem of information exchange has emerged as companies use traditional hardware and very distinct softwares that is tailored to their field of expertise. To overcome the decreased productivity resulting from the interruption of information, the concepts of simultaneous engineering and concurrent design become very significant. In this article, the concept of collaborative design based on Internet environments is described. Specifically, the core technologies necessary to achieve collaborative design environments among shipbuilding companies, ship owners, ship classification societies, model basin, and consulting companies are adopted.
