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At the end of June 2025, key players in the maritime industry met at the Maritime Museum in Hamburg for a conference on green shipping

Experts from industry, science and politics discussed engines, technologies, legislation and the energy transition in Tübingen - with presentations, exchanges and new impetus.

MEPC 83 stands for the 83rd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The meeting was an important milestone.

MarLEN, a new European initiative to promote maritime innovation, was launched at the beginning of 2025. Annual calls for funding are planned.

Augsburg was the venue for the first "Engine Days", an innovative format that combines the traditional members' meeting with an extended program.

VDMA Power-to-X for Applications is the interdisciplinary platform for stakeholders from the P2X industry.

VDMA Services GmbH is organizing a joint stand at AGRITECHNICA 2025 exclusively for VDMA members. Visit our 12 exhibitors from 9-15.11.2025 in Hanover, Hall 17, H07.

VDMA AMT - Advanced Maritime Technology Platform is the new network for automation and digitalization in maritime shipping.

VDMA AMT – Advanced Maritime Technology Platform is the network for automation and digitalization in maritime shipping.

Regarding intelligent, sustainable battery production, it is important to understand the interaction of complex production lines, reduce costs and ensure process stability.

There is a lot of discussion about eFuels, especially in connection with the possible ban on combustion technology for passenger cars. What is the current state of affairs?

A real hit for many years now is the "Emissions Brochure", which provides an up-to-date overview of the global rules on exhaust gas legislation for diesel and gas engines.

Challenges of mechanical engineering: While Asian mechanical engineering is establishing itself in battery production in Europe, the domestic industry is threatening to fall behind.

Air traffic must also reduce carbon dioxide emissions. There are various ways to achieve this.

Sustainable alternative fuels can also help to completely reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping sector.

The course has been set: greenhouse gas emissions in international shipping are to be reduced to net-zero by or around 2050 - an ambitious target.

Combustion engines have shaped our lives like hardly any other invention - and still do. What we can still expect from them is now a campaign by the manufacturers of combustion engines for industrial applications and their suppliers.

Study on the battery production market and process engineering challenges essential for the industrial production of Li-ion batteries for electromobility and stationary storage.

Hardly any area of our lives would function without mobile machines. At the heart of these machines are powerful, economical and environmentally friendly engines.