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Technologically speaking, cruise liners and naval ships are as complex as aircrafts or power plants. The level of investment in research and innovation - some ten percent of turnover - is accordingly high. New technologies have been systematically integrated into shipbuilding. This has led to productivity gains in recent years that surpass even those seen in Europe's aircraft construction industry.

Technology Lead in Shipbuilding

German industries are leaders in the development of highly complex systems and equipment that put the shipping industry in a position to meet stringent international environmental standards at an early point in time or play a part in the onward development of environmental standards.