Four Companies Join Forces to Tackle Heat and Fire Risks at Shipyards　造船現場の火気・酷暑リスク対策へ4社連携

今治造船、クラボウ、リベルタ、ハイドサインが共同開発契約

Imabari Shipbuilding, Kurabo, Liberta and Hidesign Sign Joint Development Agreement

Imabari Shipbuilding, Kurashiki Boseki Kaisha Ltd. (Kurabo), Liberta and Hidesign have signed a joint development agreement aimed at improving working conditions at shipbuilding sites.

The initiative seeks to enhance worker safety and reassurance by addressing the dual risks unique to shipbuilding environments: hot-work operations and extreme summer heat.

■The full article explores the following themes (approximately 3,000 characters)

→What the increasingly serious dual risks of “hot work” and “extreme heat” at shipbuilding sites actually mean

→Why Imabari Shipbuilding decided to launch a project to redesign workwear for shipyard workers

→How the four companies plan to tackle the difficult challenge of combining flame resistance with cooling performance

→The reality of efforts to improve working environments inside massive hull blocks and cargo holds

→Why the competitiveness of “safe shipyards” is becoming increasingly important amid labour shortages

(The full article can be read in both English and Japanese. The Japanese article appears after the English version.)

造船現場の火気・酷暑リスク対策へ4社連携

今治造船、クラボウ、リベルタ、ハイドサインが共同開発契約

　今治造船、倉敷紡績（クラボウ）、リベルタ、ハイドサインの4社は、造船現場における作業環境改善を目的とした共同開発契約を締結した。火気作業と酷暑環境という造船現場特有の二重リスクに対応し、作業者の安心・安全向上を目指す。

■記事本文では以下の内容を読むことができます（記事全文約3,000文字）

→造船現場で深刻化する「火気」と「酷暑」の二重リスクとは何か

→今治造船が作業服刷新プロジェクトに踏み切った背景

→防炎性と冷却性の両立という難題に4社はどう挑むのか

→巨大ブロック内部や船倉内で進む現場環境改善の実態

→人材不足時代に問われる「安全に働ける造船所」の競争力

（続きは英語と日本語で書かれた本文でお読みください。日本語の記事は英文記事に続いて掲載されています）