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Emma Maersk’ s Wartsila-Sulzer Super Ship Engine – Part 2

By On July 21, 2011

A look “under the hood” of the World’s Largest container ship ever built. The engine that powers the Emma Maersk.

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Naval Architecture – Designing A Quiet Ship.

By On November 1, 2009

No this isn’t going to be a post about china’s new submarines…. instead we look at designing ships to be quiet for more relaxing purposes. Eurodam News, Holland America’s newbuild [...]

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Lease A Thruster – Video From Marine Hydaulic Systems

By On June 16, 2009

We first met Hydraulic Marine Systems during our coverage of the International Workboat Show in December and, like the rest of the trade show participants, were amazed by the product. [...]

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Seeking Engineer Blogger

By On February 25, 2009

The deckies run of this blog is just about over since today we are joining maritime recruiters everywhere and posting the sign “Engineer Wanted”. If you are an engineer looking [...]

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Pipe Labeling

By On March 14, 2008

Marine Buzz reminds us why we never signed up to work aboard a Chemical Tanker.

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Hydrogen Powered Ship – Iceland’s Ambitious Project For Alternative Energy Propulsion

By On January 23, 2008

The ship pictured above fails to impress the Icelandic tourists who board her for a short whale watching tour but after talking with the crew their attitude changes. ABC News [...]

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Chief Engineer Convicted in Pollution Case

By On October 18, 2007

In the latest criminal proceedings related to Marine Pollution and the use of “Magic Pipes” the Chief Engineer aboard an American-flagged car-carrier ship was convicted of one count of conspiracy [...]

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kite powered ships

By On September 29, 2007

We are always on the lookout for “green” stories so were pleased when a friend forwarded a link to Skysails, a German based company looking to augment tradition ship propulsion [...]

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Aw Nuts! By The Artful Blogger

By On September 11, 2007

Aw Nuts! By The Artful Blogger Another day of reviewing incident reports. It never ceases to amaze me, how many of these tragedies could have been avoided. Yes, I judge. [...]

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