SUSPRO is a four-year competence-building research project which started in the fall of 2013. The objective is to achieve sustainable and life-cycle-oriented ship production in an uncertain, fluctuating market. Knowledge, methods, best practice processes and decision support tools will be developed to:

• Monitor and analyze market trends and fluctuations and their impact on design, manufacturing, the supply chain and networks.
• Realize next generation, sustainable ship production that ensure both high environmental and economical performance.
• Analyze and guide the route to sustainable shipbuilding by appying analytical tools and life-cycle management practices.

NTNU is project manager and owner and the research activities are carried out in collaboration with industrial partners Ulstein International AS, Fiskerstrand Holding AS, and PON POWER AS. The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway's MAROFF program, with financial support from the industrial partners.

The academic community of SMARTLOG is involved in SUSPRO project.