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Re:Battery-Powered Ships Next Up in Battle to Tackle Emissions by adammunich on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:20PM (#20639802)
It is absolutely still true, most ship engines are not removable without breaking the hull above the engine. If you're going to do that, it's often easier to start fresh.
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Re:Battery-Powered Ships Next Up in Battle to Tackle Emissions by stcredzero on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:33PM (#20639909)
It is absolutely still true, most ship engines are not removable without breaking the hull above the engine.

Seems to me, especially with electric engine pods, ships can be designed to allow the replacement of the engine/generator.

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Re:Battery-Powered Ships Next Up in Battle to Tackle Emissions by vkou on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @07:36PM (#20640363)
They can be, but the ones that are currently afloat haven't been.

Shipping companies have had decades of success fighting against legally-mandated retrofits - double-hulled tankers, trivial safety features for passenger ferries... I don't think your idea of replaceable engines is going to get any traction.

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Re:Battery-Powered Ships Next Up in Battle to Tackle Emissions by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:33PM (#20639912)
Totally depends on the industry niche. As always the low margin guys will repair/modify and the high margin guys will buy new hardware.
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