More repairs for troubled German pod ship

Maria S Merian during one of now 11 repair stops since 2006

Germany’s trouble-plagued research ship ''Maria S Merian'' is in dock again for work on her Schottel drives after Berlin revealed she had cost €500,000 in repairs and lost 588 days work since she entered service eight years ago, writes Tom Todd.

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