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Parlevliet & Van der Plas of Germany has signed a purchase agreement with Hamburg-based manufacturer SkySails for the world's first towing-kite wind propulsion system to be installed on a fishing trawler. The SkySails propulsion system is scheduled to be placed in operation this year aboard the Maartje Theadora fishing trawler. This pilot project is aimed at significant fuel savings by using the SkySails system, particularly during extended transfer runs to the African coast and in the South Pacific. The system can also contribute to potential savings during actual fishing operations and enable the vessel to reduce enormous amounts of CO2 emissions and make a big contribution to safeguarding the climate.

At 141m in length, the Maartje Theadora is Germany's largest fishing vessel and has two MaK main engines that produce a total of 8 640 kW of power. The vessel will be fitted with a 160m' SkySails propulsion system. As a part of the pilot project funded by the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, an evaluation would also be carried out as to whether any modification is required on the propulsion system when used in fishing boats.

The SkySails system consists of three main components: a towing kite (made of high-strength, weatherproof textiles) with rope, a launch and recovery system, and a control system for automatic operation. Instead of a traditional sail fitted to a mast, SkySails uses large towing kites for the propulsion of the ship. The shape is comparable to that of a paraglider. Tethered flying SkySails can operate at altitudes between 100 and 300m where stronger and more stable winds prevail, and by means of dynamic flight manoeuvres, eg the 'figure of 8', it generates five times more power per square metre sail area than conventional sails.

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