It's true the shipbuilders were not critized but they were also not praised in this very specific article.
Good and bad results should be both noticed.
Times in the articles countries are mentioned:
Japan 17x
Germany 6x
USA 4x
China 3x
France 3x
Italy 1x
South Korea 1x
compare that with the current tonnage of shipbuilding production:
1 China 32,859,862 51%
2 South Korea 18,317,886 28%
3 Japan 9,965,182 15%
4 Philippines 805,938 1%
5 Italy 402,164 0.62%
6 France 326,680 0.50%
7 Germany 289,666 0.45%
8 Finland 261,654 0.40%
9 Taiwan 187,558 0.29%
10 Russia 177,571 0.27%
11 Netherlands 90,596 0.14%
12 Türkiye 79,032 0.12%
13 Indonesia 75,979 0.12%
14 U.S. 64,809 0.10%
15 Iran 64,760 0.09%
Italy produces 2x ships than Germany but Germany is mentioned 6x.
Stereotypical bias of German being engineers and Italian being funny/pizza makers.
South Korea is also freaking awesome and shipbuiling and it's mentioned 1x.
Maybe also the reason why the UK is behind is their arrogance in dismissing competitors that they have stereotypically decided they are not good at shipbuilding.
compare that with the current tonnage of shipbuilding production: 1 China 32,859,862 51% 2 South Korea 18,317,886 28% 3 Japan 9,965,182 15% 4 Philippines 805,938 1% 5 Italy 402,164 0.62% 6 France 326,680 0.50% 7 Germany 289,666 0.45% 8 Finland 261,654 0.40% 9 Taiwan 187,558 0.29% 10 Russia 177,571 0.27% 11 Netherlands 90,596 0.14% 12 Türkiye 79,032 0.12% 13 Indonesia 75,979 0.12% 14 U.S. 64,809 0.10% 15 Iran 64,760 0.09%
Italy produces 2x ships than Germany but Germany is mentioned 6x. Stereotypical bias of German being engineers and Italian being funny/pizza makers.