Josef Becker (1897 – 1973) founds his craftman’s
enterprise in an old farmhouse
1922
Building of the first self-designed tender for
a barge operator
1928
Building of the first diesel-powered boat
1934
Acquisition of the present-day company site and
renaming of the company as SCHOTTEL-Werft
1950
Development and construction of the first SCHOTTEL
Rudderpropeller
1958
Founding of the first subsidiary company abroad
in The Netherlands
1962
Start of series production of the engineers’ boat “M-Boot groß” with one SCHOTTEL Rudderpropeller (total of 340 boats by 1968)
1967
First harbour tug with two SCHOTTEL propulsion
systems
1972
Start of series production of the engineers’ boat “M-Boot klein” with two SCHOTTEL Rudderpropellers (total of 230 boats by 1984)
1978
Development of the SCHOTTEL Pump-Jet
1980
Building of the first engineers’ boat of type “M-Boot 3” with SCHOTTEL Pump-Jet
1986
Delivery of the biggest Rudderpropeller with 6000
kW power rating
1987
Handover of ten pre-series bridge erection boats of type “M-Boot 3” to the Engineers’ Battalion 220 (over 150 in total)
1989
Restructuring of the company
1994
Simultaneous certification of the SCHOTTEL Quality
Management System in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001 by American
Bureau of Shipping, Bureau Veritas, Det Norske Veritas and Germanischer
Lloyd
1995
Founding of the company SCHOTTEL Suzhou PROPULSION
CO. LTD. in the PR China
1996
Development and introduction to the market of
the SCHOTTEL Twin Propeller
1997
Development of the SSP and founding of the Consortium "SIEMENS-SCHOTTEL
Propulsor”
1998
Founding of the joint-venture company SCHOTTEL
INC. in Texas, USA
1999
Acquisition of WPM Wismarer Propeller- und Maschinenbau GmbH and founding of SCHOTTEL-Schiffsmaschinen GmbH and SCHOTTEL GmbH Niederlassung Wismar in Wismar. Change of company name from SCHOTTEL-Werft Josef Becker GmbH & Co. KG to SCHOTTEL GmbH
2000
Launching of the chemical product tanker MT "PROSPERO” with
1 x SSP 7 (5.1 MW) and of the RoPax ferry "NIELS HOLGERSSON” for
TT-Line with 2 x SSP 10 (11 MW each)
2002
Market introduction of the SCHOTTEL Electric Propulsor
(SEP)
2003
Development and construction of 25 MW controllable-pitch
propeller systems for fast container vessels
2003
Development of the SCHOTTEL Combi Drive (SCD)
2005
Josef Becker has been honoured posthumously with the Elmer A. Sperry Award for the invention of the Rudderpropeller as a major contribution to the improvement of transportation worldwide
2006
First applications of the SCHOTTEL Combi Drive in ferries and offshore supply vessels
2007
Acquisition of a 15% share in SCHOTTEL by the Norwegian company Frydenbø AS (Photo: Knut Herman Gjøvaag, chief executive and owner of the Frydenbø Group)
Merger of SCHOTTEL GmbH and SCHOTTEL Antriebstechnik GmbH to SCHOTTEL GmbH with headquarters in Spay and plants in Wismar and Hamburg
