Bow thruster for ships
(tunnel type) Global Marine Engineering BV
100-1100 kW

Global Marine Engineering BV, based in Heijningen-Holland, is a very experienced technical company with a history of over 25 years and active in manufacturing drive systems, clutches and gearboxes for industrial and marine applications. Since 1990 they developed bow thrusters for pleasure craft and commercial craft markets.

The existing performance range is from 10kW - 500kW with fixed Kaplan type propellers running in steel, aluminium or FRP tunnel structures for both bow and stern thrusters. The units are built according the requirements of all major marine societies such as ABS, BV, DNV, GL and LRS and available with Class certificate.

On the drawing board is now a range swing-type, retractable thrusters with a range of 10kW - 100kW and propeller diameters of 250 - 700mm.
The drive system is hydraulic or AC-electric motors, proportionally operated.

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