Science & Technology, 2nd prize
Thomas Ernsting
for Stern
for Stern
01 January, 1996
The construction of a prototype for a new-generation container ship: A lone welder at work on the vast expanse of the ship's bow. 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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