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Becker Marine Systems

German maker of high-lift rudders, steering gear and energy-saving ducts.

Hamburg, Germany · Company

About

Becker Marine Systems was founded in 1946, beginning with the invention of the Becker Flap Rudder by Willi Becker, and grew from a small engineering office into a worldwide supplier of manoeuvring systems. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Milestones include the acquisition of Kort Engineering in 1972, global expansion from the 1990s onwards, the introduction of the Becker Mewis Duct in 2008 and the award of the German Environmental Prize in 2022. In 2023 the Alternative Energies division was sold and the Singapore office was merged with offices of Nakashima. The Becker Steering Gear and the Becker Daggerboard were launched in 2024.

Becker products have been installed on more than 9,000 ships worldwide.

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Shaft bearings · United States

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