Business Case and Competitor Analysis of Sustainable Submerged Breakwaters and Floating Breakwaters

This study aims to develop a business case for Breakwater products and companies, while also conducting a competitor analysis among these companies. Additionally, it aims to define and analyse related markets. While conducting these studies, a literature review on breakwaters was first carried out. This review includes the types of breakwaters, their advantages and disadvantages, characteristics and use cases, as well as the materials used. After this section, a detailed analysis of important companies in the breakwater sector has been conducted. These analyses are based on the technological details of the company’s products, their locations, the number of projects, and an examination of their financial data. As a result of this analysis, the market's most significant companies have been selected according to their importance/performance scores which indicates their importance in Italian breakwater market, and detailed examinations of these companies have been carried out. Financial data has been collected from the Bureau Van Dijk Orbis Moody's Database, while also the market growth rate and key financial ratios were examined. After these, a market analysis related to the breakwater market and marine and port construction market has been conducted. This analysis includes market and industry definition, market size, market segmentation, market trends, Porter's five forces analysis, and SWOT analysis. Finally, the necessary questions have been prepared for the completion of this market analysis, and these questions are intended to be asked to breakwater manufacturers.