Publication

Books, essays and talks from the shipyard floor.

What fifty years of practice has to say, in print and on stage. Books appear under Blue Whale Books&Publishing, the publishing imprint of Proper Mediation Inc..

Books

Blue Whale Books&Publishing

Cover of The Heartbeat of the Shipyard by Suh Wan-Chul

Suh Wan-Chul · Coming 2026 · Paperback and KindleThe Heartbeat of the ShipyardBringing a Yard Back to Life and the Structure That Keeps It BeatingTwo recoveries told from the inside, Daewoo Okpo and Boustead Naval Shipyard, and the four-wheel-drive operating system drawn from them. With a foreword by Jong Gye Shin, Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University.Open the book page: trailer, contents, sample, praise →

Essays and papers

Writing

Paper · 2026

We Must Revive the Heartbeat of Shipyards

Synchronized TACT Production and the long arc from NSRP to Korea and back. Journal of Ship Production and Design.

Submitted, awaiting publication

Essay · 2026

A War Against Time

U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings.

Submitted, awaiting publication

Talks

Keynotes, with their slides

Keynote · 22 Oct 2018

How did South Korea do it? Beyond innovation

The Daewoo rebirth story, parts 1 and 2. National Symposium on Marine Technology, UniKL and Technology Depository Agency, Malaysia.

Part 1 · PDF Part 2 · PDF

Keynote · 15 May 2018

Paradigm Change in Shipbuilding and Continuous Improvement

International Technology and Innovation Symposium, MIMET and UniKL, Malaysia.

Slides · PDF

Keynote · 18 Nov 2014

Sharing Experience on Transformation of Shipbuilder

3rd National Maritime Industries Forum, AMIM, MIGHT and MIMA, Malaysia.

Slides · PDF

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