Schottel x Sea Machines Robotics

[Sea machines](/companies/sea-machines) Robotics is a Boston-based marine autonomy-system vendor founded by Michael Johnson, selling the SM300 and SM200 vessel-agnostic autonomous navigation systems for commercial vessels. The STORMRUNNER is an optionally-crewed autonomous vessel for offshore operations.

German marine propulsion specialist; azimuth thrusters and hybrid drive systems for vessels.. Focus: Marine propulsion specialist. Technology: Azimuth thrusters and hybrid drive systems for vessels. Contracts: Portuguese Navy MPSS (EcoPeller SRE 560), Saltchuk Marine 4 escort tugs, PSA Marine Peru hybrid tug. Revenue: EUR 155M, top marine propulsion market player (Kongsberg, Wartsila, MAN Energy, Schottel = 60% market). Financial stage: Mature (private, EUR 155M revenue, Elkon acquisition, Sea Machines autonomous partnership, digitalization).