The main propulsion will be provided by two Schottel Twin-Propellers type STP 1010 rated 1,100 kW each. A Schottel Rudderpropeller of type SRP-550 ZSV rated at 800 kW was chosen as the retractable bow thruster.

Two AHTS for Tidewater Marine LLC of the USA will also enter service in 2009. The 51m vessels are to a Conan Wu design and will be built by China’sYuexin Shipbuilding. To achieve a bollard pull of 100 tons the vessels will each be equipped with two Schottel Rudderpropellers of type SRP 3030 CP, each with a designed output of 2,916 kW.

Schottel is also to provide propulsion equipment for three 78.5m PSVs designed by Havyard of Norway, two of which will be built by Fjellstrand AS and one by Solstrand Verft AS, both of Norway. Again due to enter service in the busy year of 2009, the craft will each be powered by two Schottel Twin-Propellers of type STP 1212 rated at 1,600 kW each.

Schottel has also been chosen as propulsion supplier for a diving support vessel which will see service in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean from next year. The boat is being built by the Dolphin SRY yard in Romania. Owner Shark SRL, also of Romania, opted for a propulsion package which includes two Schottel Rudderpropllers of type SRP 30 rated at 375 kW and a Chottel Transverse Thruster of type STT 110 LK ratd at 125 kW in the bow.