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Marine engines, MAN & Wartsila
Augsbourg, Germany48.37°N 10.90°E
computed criticality17/100
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MAN Energy Solutions and WinGD are the near-duopoly of large low-speed two-stroke marine engines (Wärtsilä exited this segment in 2015; it leads instead in medium-speed four-stroke)
2024Fault line
Almost every container ship and tanker in the world runs on an engine designed by two European licensors, built under licence in Asia. A hidden duopoly behind all of merchant shipping.
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MAN Energy Solutions
Wartsila
WinGD
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