Fishing boat propeller (bronze, 5 blades)
Van Voorden Gieterij

Fuel is an important cost issue for the fishing industry. The price of fuel is very high and because of the fast development of the world economy, this will not decrease in the near future.

Van Voorden is constantly developing design tools for ship propulsion. The return on investment on new propellers and nozzles has increased significantly due to the higher efficiency. Van Voorden have developed new profiles for their propellers which deliver more propulsion and less drag. The Superior® nozzle that Van Voorden have developed, features its slim curved profile. The curve in the profile delivers up to 12% more propulsion. This improvement is mainly because of this slim profile, which gives less resistance.