Science & Technology, 2nd prize
Thomas Ernsting
for Stern
for Stern
01 January, 1996
The construction of a prototype for a new-generation container ship: once the propeller has been fitted, the ship is nearing completion. The new ship, with a capacity of 2,900 containers, lies in Kvaerner's 320-meter-long dry-dock prior to its launch in the spring of 1996. Norway's Kvaerner corporation - Europe's largest shipbuilder with 56,000 employees worldwide - now owns this shipyard, in which the German state has a major financial stake.
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