Institute of Maritime Technologies and Propulsion Systems
At the Institute of Maritime Technologies and Propulsion Systems, we provide technological developments to give the maritime industry security for its investment decisions in new technologies and thus accelerate the transformation of waterborne transport. The Institute's vision does not stop at the quay wall, but considers the ship as a system in a global transport concept with its own interfaces to air and land transport. Our international team of over 100 employees is working on energy-saving drives, efficient energy generation on board, fuel cells, optimised ship designs, safe energy storage and solutions for emission-free fuels and their infrastructure in ports and on board. Among other things, we work with analytical and AI-based modelling, simulations and numerical calculations and, in future, in a comprehensive laboratory environment. Prospectively, we will have access to the institute’s own seagoing technology platform for practical testing, validation and data collection. We see ourselves as integrators for emission-reduced systems in an ideal maritime research and industrial landscape between the Elbe, Baltic and North Seas.