With a long and distinguished history-powered by the quality of its products and service, Kort Propulsion of Kent, UK, provides a single source from which vessel designers, builders or operators can secure a complete package of propulsion and manoeuvring devices.

For more than 80 years, Kort Propulsion has been synonymous with developing and supplying outstanding propulsion packages for the marine industry.

Coastal shipping, offshore, towage, inland waterway, dredging, fishing and ROV, are among the market sectors of this Thameside firm that pioneered the Kort Nozzle - a groundbreaking shrouded propeller assembly - back in the mid-1930s.

Based at Erith, Kent with a partner manufacturing facility at Dartmouth, Devon, Kort designs and supplies propulsion equipment for vessels from the small to the large. Global customers range from Australian and Philippines' offshore windfarm businesses, to Romanian waterway operators. The brand is strong: everyone knows who we are.

Ship propellers must be highly efficient, with energy converted to thrust with only a minimum of loss and without generating unwanted vibration and inboard noise. Erosion damage due to propeller cavitation - the formation of an empty space within a solid - must also be avoided.