Maritime Industries Ltd., Vancouver, Canada, announced recently that the company has signed a license agreement with Pleuger Unterwasserpumpen GmbH of Hamburg, West Germany. Under the agreement Maritime will manufacture and sell 360-degree rotatable and tunnel thrusters of Pleuger design for U.S. and Canadian markets.
Maritime Industries have been designing and manufacturing 360-degree thrusters for marine propulsion and maneuvering systems since 1965 for service in ferries, tugs, dredges, offshore craft, barges, and specialized military applications.
Pleuger has been supplying maneuvering and propulsion systems since 1950 and their product range includes fixed and controllable-pitch units of up to 6,000 bhp.