1888 Gennaro Consulting is a “think tank” engineering consulting company incorporated in 2017 in Singapore to provide in South East Asia the services already provided, for more than 20 years, in Europe and USA. Our consultancy services can be divided into two categories: increasing profitability mechanical and naval engineering issues Consultancy aimed at increasing profitability This category comprises services meant to minimize the total cost of Ownership, which we do by increasing the efficiency, reliability and availability of the assets. We focus on optimization of technical specification, prior to the building of the assets, suggesting effective actions that, for a small CAPEX, allow for a substantial decrease in OPEX. For existing assets the scenario is more complicated but good gains can still be achieved, in particular by optimising the maintenance strategy and processes. Consultancy related to mechanical and naval engineering issues This category comprises services meant to investigate, solve and prevent mechanical failures to machinery, engines, plants, equipment. We have developed considerable experience in power generation, ship propulsion, and machinery in general (on shore, marine, oil & gas, yachts and mega yachts). We have carried out failure investigation on many Diesel engines, turbochargers, steam and gas turbines, gearboxes, drive trains, bearings, with problems ranging from metallurgic to thermal creep, corrosion, stress corrosion, fatigue, thermal fatigue, incorrect design (scantling, arrangement, selection of components), incorrect installation, substandard filtration, incorrect maintenance. We support our clients not only in recovering losses but also in ensuring that the failures will not happen again.