It is Japan's largest shipbuilder both in terms of tonnage and sales revenue,[1] with design, research, construction and ship repair facilities in Imabari, Marugame and at seven other integrated dockyard and manufacturing facilities across the Seto Inland Sea region.

Globally, it boasts the fourth-largest market share, after South Korean rivals Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.

[citation needed] Nihon Shipyard designs, builds and promotes zero-emission vessels.

[citation needed] Imabari Shipbuilding currently operates nine ship building and maintenance facilities as well as marketing offices in Tokyo and Amsterdam.

[citation needed] Plans were announced in January 2015 to build a new purpose-built dry dock facility at Marugame for the fabrication of a new generation of container ships in excess of 20,000 TEU.