Contents: Panel session. Propulsion systems for the future. Is the era of steam at sea definitely passed? -- Possible development of coal-fired ship propulsion -- General survey of the improvements in marine diesel engineering in next years -- Future development of the power transmission for propeller-driven ships -- Developments between gearbox and propeller slipstream. Session TC 1. Reliability and maintainability. Reliability and maintainability in the marine industry -- Analysing system design of a ship from R&M point of view -- Computer aided model of physical and functional breakdown of ships and shipborne systems -- Practical application of reliability techniques in classification of ships -- Reliability - effectiveness models in ship engineering systems. Session TC 2. Waste heat recovery and energy savings. Design of auxiliary systems for diesel engines of motorship -- Shipowners application of technics to save energy and improve maintainability onboard seagoing vessels -- Centralized cooling water systems optimisation. Session TC 4. Control engineering. Future propulsion machinery demands less attention -- A systematic approach to the maximum computer application to ship operation -- Marine propulsion machinery: the system approach -- The remote control for diesel propulsion engine in China - the present and future -- The technical outlook for future shipping. Session TC 5. Heavy fuels in diesel engines. Heavy fuel operation of GMT BL 230 high speed engine -- Ignition and combustion properties of heavy and synthetic fuels in diesel engines -- Fuel qualities for 2 stroke low speed diesel engines. Session TC 6. Shafting system dynamics and interaction with the ship. Lateral vibration of ship propulsion shafting -- Whirling of ship propulsion shafting -- Integrated treatment of ship propulsion shafting vibrations. Session TC 7. Interaction between diesel engine and the ship. Exciting forces of ship vibration induced by torsional and longitudinal vibration of shafting system -- Fore and aft vibrations of main engine and ship vibrations due to torsional vibrations of 5 cylinder main engine -- A new model of establishing shaft alignment for measurements by strain gauges and crankshaft web deflexions Session TC 8. Interaction between gearings/couplings and the ship. Interaction between gearings/couplings and hull structure. Session of cooperative research MAN Lloyd's Register of Shipping/Bureau Veritas crankshaft calculations and measurements. Comparison between stresses measured in crankshafts of marine diesel engines and stresses calculated in accordance with a proposal by CIMAC subgroup "Crankshafts" -- Measurements and assessment of crankshaft stress. Session of cooperative research Royal Dutch Navy LIPS/TNO IWECO/Bureau Veritas Behaviour of stern gears .Vibration analysis of the rotating propeller shaft in a rubber stern tube bearing -- Correlation between theory and reality in alignment of line shipping -- Actual dynamic behaviour and calculated approach to stern tube white metal bush.