February 17th 1912 will always be remembered as the day worldwide motorised shipping was born. On that historic date the motor ship Selandia was delivered to the Danish trading firm East Asiatic Company by Danish shipyard and diesel engine producer Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen. She is considered to have been the world's first large oceangoing, diesel-powered ship, with a range previously only achieved by steam-powered vessels that had to rebunker en route. 
The success story of the diesel engine goes back to an ingenious idea by the German inventor Rudolf Diesel 20 years earlier, for which he made a patent application to the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin on February 27th 1892.

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At the first international Business Offshore Conference 2011 held in Hamburg on December, the 8th and 9th, at Hotel Hafen Hamburg, top executives of the world’s foremost offshore and energy companies gave an overview of current and prospective global activities in the three major offshore segments oil and gas, ocean mining and renewable energies. 
In particular the special features of the individual market segments and projects were presented in detail, and the resulting requirements discussed. 
The participants were thus be given a unique insider knowledge of potential business areas and introduced to relevant stakeholders and decision makers, thereby facilitating market access.

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Global engine manufacturers continue to focus on compliance with the tightened limits for emissions. So far the industry has succeeded in meeting IMO Tier II requirements, in effect since the beginning of 2011, with in-engine measures. However, a major technological leap is now needed to comply with IMO Tier III, which will enter into force in 2016. Both two-stroke engines and after-treatment systems for exhaust gas, such as SCR and EGR, will be integrable in specific propulsion configurations. For this purpose, methods or systems for water injection, exhaust gas recirculation and catalytic after-treatment are being developed. Furthermore, the use of LNG as fuel is gaining more significance. So in addition to dual-fuel four-stroke engines, which have been available on the market for some time already, the engine range has been extended by dual-fuel two-stroke engines. The following table gives an overview of the diesel engine units for maritime propulsion applications currently available on the global market.

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In cooperation with the VDMA (German Engineering Association), working group shipbuilding and offshore supply industry, Schiff&Hafen prepared a new edition of the image brochure "German Marine Equipment - Advanced Technology for Worldwide Shipbuilding and Shiprepair" that exemplifies the innovative competence of German shipbuilding suppliers and is aimed primarily at ship owners and shipyards. This edition is featuring a “GreenGuide” that emphasises the environmentally friendly characteristics of the presented technologies.

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