INNOVATIVE PRODUCTSZ-Drive TowboatsZF Marine penetrates domestic inland waterway markets – enjoying good success with two U.S. majors. The prospects for an even brighter future hinge on the perfor-mance of its early entries. So far, so good. By Joseph Keefet’s no secret that the domestic, inland marine busi- Marine Krimpen B.V. “The way it is taking off now means ness can be conservative in its approach to adopt new that you need a lot of focus, a lot of attention and a lot of technologies, but then, this can probably be said of people on site. So we used the strength of the ZF organiza-Ithe global waterfront, as well. But the market is changing, tion, in this case in America, to give this focus and to bring driven by larger corporate entities moving into these tight- this to the next level.”ly held markets, as well as a myriad of legislative and opera- Despite traditional concerns that the shallow draft and tional conditions – namely the rapidly rising cost of fuel. ever changing inland waterways system might cause dam-ZF Marine – or more speci