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Marine technology 船舶技术 A voyage of discovery 探索未知之旅 New technology can make ships more versatile,more efficient and cleaner, too 新技术使轮船更万能、更高效、也更环保 IN THE days when Norsemen pillaged their way around the monasteries and villages ofEurope, Norwegian shipwrights were at the forefront of naval architecture. 早在北欧人大肆掠夺欧洲的修道院和村庄时 ，挪威的造船工人就已在造船技术方面跻身前列。 They still are. 现在他们仍然处于世界领先水平。 Norway is an important centre ofmarine innovation and several foreign companies have operations there, too. 挪威是重要的船舶创新中心，一些外国公司也在这里设有分公司。 One such is the marine division of Rolls-Royce, a British firm, which is collaborating withFarstad, a shipping company based in Alesund, and STX OSV, a shipbuilder. 其中一家便是劳斯莱斯公司在这里设立的海运部，这家英国公司与总部设在阿雷松德的Farstad航运公司以及STX OSV造船公司都拥有合作关系， The result of their efforts is Far Solitaire, the first of a new class of vessels which bristle withnovel technology that promises to make shipping safer, cleaner and cheaper. | 
