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In ensuring optimum lifetime reliability of a medium-speed diesel engine the user must be aware of certain key factors, not least the importance of the supplier/user relationship .To achieve an acceptable level…

At the recent Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference, Martin Bloem, Managing Director of the Holland Marine Equipment association, emphasised the importance of innovation, the environment and cooperation in the region, and even…

Using Nimalike in the production and reconditioning of two-stroke components provides outstanding product properties.It is 7:30 in the morning in the assembly shop at the Märkisches Werk in Halver (MWH) and a…

German ship owners like Schiffko?s CV1100 PLUS feeder design.With all the hype about post-Panamax and ultra-large containerships, it is easy to overlook the vital role played by the smaller boxships up to…

Since introducing its first azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug, the ASD 3110 Citta Della Spezia back in 1993, the Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has built almost 100 compact ASD tugs in…

New orders for ever-larger containerships look set to elevate Seaspan?s global position.Director of Vancouver-based Seaspan Container Lines (SCL), Graham Porter, says "Among the main limiting factors in building container ships over 10,000…

Propulsion power plant dilemma for ultra large container ships .Container transportation volume has been growing at an average annual rate of 9 % in the past fifteen years, making it the fastest…

Thyssen Krupp yards build GEBAB quarter.In the face of intense competition from Far Eastern shipbuilders, it comes as a surprise that German shipyards are still able to win orders for feeder container…