今治造船计划在香川县丸龟市的总部引进能够吊装重物的臂架起重机和机器人，以提高钢板焊接产能。
Imabari Shipbuilding plans to introduce jib cranes capable of lifting heavy loads and robots to increase steel plate-welding capacity at its headquarters in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture.
日本造船企业正在加大对全国各造船厂的资本投资，以期实现政府将国内造船产量翻倍的目标，投资总额有望超过1万亿日元（约合64亿美元）。
| JIJI Japanese shipbuilders are stepping up capital investment in shipyards across the country as part of efforts to meet the government’s target of doubling domestic shipbuilding output, with the overall amount on track to exceed ¥1 trillion ($6.4 billion).
目前已敲定的公私部门投资总额达9000亿日元，其中包括引进大型起重机和修复地震受损船坞。造船企业投资意愿强烈。部分造船厂的产量预计将翻倍以上。
A total of ¥900 billion in public- and private-sector investments have already been decided, including for the introduction of large cranes and the restoration of a dock damaged by an earthquake. Shipbuilders are eager to invest. At some shipyards, output is expected to more than double.