SkySails to power fishing trawler

Parlevliet & Van der Plas B.V., one of the largest European fishing companies, is taking a pioneering step with the purchase of the first ever towing kite wind propulsion system for operation on board a fishing trawler.

It is the company?s objective to save on fuel and emissions in fishing operations by using the environmentally sound and climate friendly propulsion system of the Hamburg-based manufacturer SkySails in the future.

The trials of the innovative SkySails-System aboard Germany?s largest freezer stern fishing trawler, the 140.8m long “Maartje Theadora”, is funded by the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.