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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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Drunk Chief Engineer Refused Lifejacket, Died

By On August 7, 2010

Three time a chief engineered refused a lifejacket as he attempted to transfer from a snow and ice-covered launch to the oil and chemical tanker OW Copenhagen using the pilot [...]

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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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Starting the Wartsila – Video

By On April 1, 2008

Starting a Wärtsilä 6 L 64… for a truly amazing engine read our post: The Wartsila-Sulzer Super Engine

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Are Rising Salaries Enough To Retain Mariners?

By On October 26, 2007

In another excellent article, Maritime Executive‘s managing editor Joseph Keefe is dead on with his assessment of salary (find the article HERE) and working condition improvements in this tight labor [...]

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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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