Marine Propulsion - from ZF Marine
Worldwide support and supply
ZF Marine are responsible for the supply and support of marine transmissions, propellers, surface drives, controls and propulsion systems for fast craft, pleasure craft and commercial vessels in the UK and Ireland.
We can supply complete propulsion systems or individual components, such as shafts, control systems, shaft brakes or surface drives that are able to cater to any power range from 10 - 10,000 kW across all applications.
Some of our propulsion system customers
Our customers are generally split into 2 categories, engine suppliers and ship builders. Some examples are as follows (this is by no means an exhaustive list):
Engine suppliers:
- Caterpillar
- Cummins
- Nanni Diesel
- Volvo Penta
Ship builders:
- Sunseeker
- Azimuth
- Vosper Thornycroft
- Sea Ray
Our Products
Whatever the application - motor yachts, fast patrol craft, fishing boats or tankers - ZF Marine offers the highest quality, reliable propulsion solutions backed up by a worldwide After Sales network. For more information on our products, use the links below to go directly to the ZF Marine website.
Transmissions
ZF Marine can supply a wide variety of transmissions for an array of different applications including:
- Single speed transmissions for pleasure, light, medium or continuous duty
- 2 speed transmissions for light or pleasure duty
We are also able to provide a matching program for either a known engine rating or power output. To utilise this tool or to find out more information on our product range, please visit the
ZF Marine website - transmission section
Surface Drives
ZF Marine supply surface drive systems to all fast craft applications. The ZF Trimax surface drive, in the last 20 years of competition, has won 25 world titles and set 51 world speed records across all existing classes. We can also supply:
- ZF Trimax
- SeaRex
- MiniRex
For more information on this product range, please visit the ZF Marine website - surface drives section
Propellers
We can supply a range of fixed pitch or controllable pitch propellers to suit your application. These can either be custom built to your design or selected to best meet the performance characteristics or your vessel.
For more information and to see the full product range, please visit the
ZF Marine website - propellers section
Controls
ZF Marine Electronics, formerly Mathers Controls, pioneered the development of single-lever marine controls and introduced the industry's first multi-station electronic control system. The product line, supported by a worldwide sales and service network, includes the following:
- Series & CruiseCommand Systems
- MasterCommand
- Pneumatic Systems
- Shaft brakes
For more information on the range, please visit the ZF Marine website - controls section
Propulsion Systems
ZF Marine are able to design and supply propulsion systems to meet the most demanding operating conditions and applications. The first priority is reliability, considering the arduous nature of some of the conditions in which these vessels operate, reliability is synoymous with safety, low maintenance and low through-life costs.
For more information, and to see exactly what we can do, please visit the
ZF Marine website - propulsion systems section
Our service network
In order to properly service our end user customers we operated through an accredited dealer network. To contact our dealer network and to locate one nearest to you please visit the ZF Marine support section on www.zf-marine.com. Alternatively you can
Contact Us.