Zeppelin to take stake in SkySails

SkySails

In 2009 SkySails and Zeppelin offer a global sales and service network for towing-kite wind propulsion

Zeppelin Power Systems now takes stake as strategic partner in order to create the basis for the next step – the market entry. Starting next year, the two Hamburg-based companies will be combining their expertise and competence in what will be called the Zeppelin SkySails Service- und Vertriebsges. mbH & Co. KG. The two partners intend to set new worldwide standards through the joint marketing of diesel-wind hybrid power systems. Zeppelin Power Systems’ robust sales and service network will ensure that the SkySails-Systems are maintained and serviced quickly and reliably across the globe. Zeppelin has been the partner of Caterpillar, one of the largest independent manufacturer of diesel engines, for over 50 years and is, according to the company, one of the leading sales and service organizations for marine engines.

“Rising fuel costs and climate-change-related requirements and restrictions are forcing the shipping industry to change its way of thinking. The combination of cutting-edge diesel engine technologies from MaK and Caterpillar and the wind propulsion systems from SkySails will allow us to chart a new and much more promising course in our industry,” says Ernst Susanek, the President and CEO of Zeppelin GmbH.

SkySails propulsion is currently in use on two cargo ships belonging to Beluga Shipping and the Wessels Reederei as part of pilot trials along a variety of shipping routes. SkySails ought to begin series production in 2009 – with production capacity already booked for a year in advance.

Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg and the towing-kite manufacturer SkySails GmbH & Co. KG, also of Hamburg, are joining forces to market SkySails propulsion systems.

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