Last modified on Wed Dec 2 14:46:34 2009
Veth in new passenger vessels for Premicon

Shipping company Premicon in München ordered six new passenger vessels at the Volkswerft in Stralsund, Germany. For the last five of the six ships they decided to use Veth Z-Drives and Veth Compact-Jets.

In spite of the crisis, the Volkswerft in Stralsund, part of the Hegemann-Gruppe,  was able to bring in a big order. It concerns the new development of passenger vessels for the shipping company Premicon in München. The intention exists of three orders as well as three options for identical cross liners. Five of these six ships  will be equipped with each a contra rotating Veth Z-Drive type VZ-800A-CR and a Veth Compact-Jet type CJ-1000.  

The Veth-Compact-Jet is a thruster developed by Veth Propulsion in their own workshop. The Veth-Compact-Jet is a thruster, meant for propulsion, but can also be used as a bow thruster. When there are high standards for sound, like in passenger vessels, the Compact-Jet can also be used as a bow thruster. As the installation is 360° rotatable, the thrust is the same in each position.  

The Veth-Z-Drive rudder propellers have proven through the years their reliability in both inland shipping and sea going vessels. Characteristics are the high thrust and an excellent maneuverability. These qualities, in combination with exclusively first-class material make this system into a unique and a qualitative high-quality product. 

The Veth-Z-Drives are also exceptionally quiet. By using the best spiral tooted gear wheels with a minimum of resistance the units are standard very quiet. The sound can be reduced even more with flexible suspension and/or contra rotating propellers which is the case with the ships for Premicon. Main navigation area for the 135 meter-long ships will be the Rijn, the Donau and the Main-Donau-Channel. The four deck-ships with up until 110 double huts will be ready for delivery between 2010 and 2012.