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The WESSELS shipping company owns a fleet of 40 modern river/sea-going ships and specializes in ship management, freighting services, trust services and finance. The family-owned business has always been successfully combining the best of traditional and modern values. Already in the 1960s, Wessels designed river/sea-going ships known as “cargo liners” and adapted them to meet the ever-changing requirements of the market. Ever since, the shipping company has been pioneering with their ship types and designs and thus been opening up new markets.
At the end of 2007 the SkySails-System was retrofitted aboard the cargo vessel MV “Michael A.” of the WESSELS shipping company. It is since being pilottested during regular shipping operations.
www.wessels.de
The Bremen-based Beluga Shipping GmbH was founded by captain Niels Stolberg in 1995. In 2005 the Beluga Group comprised 120 employees in Bremen and a further 30 internationally in Rotterdam, Houston, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Beijing. Beluga currently operates and charters a fleet of 28 multi purpose heavy cargo ships and is renowned for its great flexibility in the project and heavy lift sector as well as for its rapid growth. As well as chartering, operating and shipping its business activities comprise the areas of project development and transport solutions for complex project and heavy-lift cargo loading at sea.
At the end of 2007 / beginning of 2008 the SkySails-System was installed on the 133m long multi-purpose heavy-lift carrier "Beluga SkySails" of the Beluga Shipping GmbH. It is since being tested during regular shipping operations within the framework of the pilot phase.
www.beluga-group.com
The Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co KG located in Leer/ Ostfriesland was founded in 1983 by Dipl.-Ing. (naval architect) Captain Roelf Briese. Growing steadily, today more than 100 highly qualified staff of diverse nationalities guarantee that all operations on shore run smoothly. In addition to that, over 1,100 German and foreign employees carry out transport operations on board the company’s ships worldwide. With its long-term experience and outstanding expertise in the field of fully integrated maritime operations, Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG has built up an excellent reputation worldwide.
The shipping company Briese supports SkySails with expertise and capital.
www.briese.de
“Tradition and Future” – As long ago as in the 19th century the grandfather of the brothers Heinrich and Hermann Jüngerhans, themselves later both captains, repeatedly crossed the Atlantic heading to South America on the sailing ship “HELENE.” Seventy years later his grandsons the captains Heinrich and Hermann Jüngerhans continued the family tradition as independent shipowners by launching the first of their own ships, the MS “STEFAN J” in 1965.
The brothers’ shipping company grew continuously and set its compass on the future in the decades that followed. Contracts for numerous new ships were awarded to select shipyards the world over. Today the Jüngerhans Shipping Company owns a fleet of more than 100 vessels and the brothers Stefan and Herm Jüngerhans manage the shipping operations. The continuous addition of new ships and the sale of older units ensure that the company has an extremely young and modern fleet with an average age of less than five years.
The fleet is constantly being expanded with an eye on the future. The company has grown to become a major corporate group through collaborations and equity investments, which have reinforced its market position and opened up new fields of business.
The Jüngerhans Shipping Company supports SkySails with expertise and capital. One of Jüngerhans’ 10,000 dwt heavy-lift ships is expected to be equipped with a SkySails-System in 2009.
www.juengerhans.de
Gleistein owns and operates two of the world's most advanced production facilities in Bremen and Trencin for the manufacturing of rope, with a total production area of over 16,000 square meters. Various modern synthetic fibers are processed to a total of over 3,500 different varieties of rope. Gleistein's innovative constructions and trend-setting rope refinement facilities offer exceptional quality and customer value. Their product range also includes approved standard ropes, produced in compliance with current international rope standards and/or more demanding factory standards.
In cooperation with Gleistein, SkySails is developing the highly tear-proof towing rope which connects the towing kite resp. the control pod to the ship.
www.gleistein.de
With the establishment of his company “WetterWelt” in 1999, meteorologist and sailer Dr. Meeno Schrader has succeeded in turning his extensive specialist knowledge combined with his experience of worldwide maritime weather into business. The most important business segment of the Kiel-based company is the “Seewetter” (maritime weather) which is not only reflected in the broad spectrum of services offered, but also in the large number of international clients: the product range includes route recommendation for merchant shipping, regatta advice for competitive yachting, as well as passage planning for individual sailing trips and automatic weather forecasting. The WetterWelt meteorologists compile accurate weather forecasts and weather analyses using the all modern communication media (phone, fax, e-mail, text messaging systems, WAP, INMARSAT-C, SSB, ORBCOMM).
WetterWelt GmbH provides SkySails with meterological advice and contributes to the development of the weather routing system.
www.wetterwelt.de
North Sails NZ was founded in New Zealand in 1978, the brainchild of successful and world renowned yachtsman Tom Schnackenberg. Initially focusing the New Zealand local market North Sails NZ emerged onto the international scene in the late 80's, being involved in projects like the 1987 America’s Cup in Fremantle with KZ-7 and also the famous Big Boat Challenge in San Diego. At this time Tom and Richard Dodson also became partners in North Sails NZ. Using their vast sailing and international contacts North Sails NZ was able to push hard into this ever expanding international market. By the turn of the decade North Sails NZ was the force behind the Kiwi Ketches Steinlager 2 and Fisher & Paykel in the 1989/90 Whitbread around the world race, and also the impressive Trimaran Steinlarger One that won the around Australia race. Since this time North Sails NZ has not shown any signs of slowing. The company has been involved in every major yachting event since the beginning of the 1990's, from Kenwood Cups to America's Cups, North Sails NZ has been there. The highlight being behind Team NZ in 1995 in winning the America’s Cup in San Diego and then the defence in the year 2000, in Auckland.
North Sails NZ has become known also for its super yacht sails. These boats require not only fast efficient sails but also long lasting durable sails to handle the vigors of ocean passages. North Sails NZ has built its reputation on such yachts as Mari Cha III, a high performance 145ft ketch, and the 160ft sloop Georgia. This is by all means only the tip of the iceberg and North Sails NZ's super yacht sails can been seen on yachts in every corner of the globe.
North Sails NZ produces towing kites for SkySails-Systems.
www.nz.northsails.com
For the last twenty five years HELUKABEL® has been one of the leading businesses in the area of cables and wires, specialist cables, cable accessories, as well as data, network and bus technology. By consistently focusing on a high quality product range, numerous product innovations, its own production facilities for special cables, and worldwide storage and service sites, HELUKABEL has achieved an extraordinary exclusive position in the cable industry. HELUKABEL® employs over 400 staff at five locations throughout the federal territory.
In cooperation with HELUKABEL SkySails is developing the technology for the energy and data transmission via the towing rope.
www.helukabel.de
SkySails is funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF; Federal Ministry of Education and Research) within the framework of the joined project „Klimaschutz: Windkraftantrieb für Frachtschiffe“ (climate protection: wind propulsion system for cargo vessels) in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg/ Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven, the “Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (ANWI)“ in Emden and the “Institut Seefahrt Leer“(Institute of Navigation Leer). The main objective of this joined research project is the development and testing of a low-emission ship propulsion system based on the SkySails towing kite propulsion.
The ANWI Institute is a research unit of the economics department at the University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg/ Ostfriesland/ Wilhelmshaven based in Emden. It was established in 2002 and mainly carries out regional projects for private and public contractors. Its core competencies are regional and structural analysis - predominantly for traffic and logistics research, as well as data collection and statistics for market research and development projects. They also undertake process and project management assignments in various areas.
The Leer school of navigation– today the Institute of Navigation Leer - is part of the University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg/ Ostfriesland/ Wilhelmshaven and have been training ship captains and marine officers for the German merchant fleet for over 150 years. They contribute considerably to the safety of shipping and the protection of oceans and coasts through their thorough staff training. The operating company Beaufort, which operates the first training ship equipped with a SkySails-System, is part of the Institute of Navigation Leer.
www.fhoow.de | www.seefahrtschule-leer.de | ANWI
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