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Thordon Secures Contract to Retrofit Tailshaft Bearings Across Panama Fleet of 32 Tugs
Thordon Bearings has secured a significant contract to convert the rubber tailshaft bearings across an entire fleet of Panama-operating tugs, pilot vessels, and workboats to water-lubricated polymer bearings. The agreement with the unnamed operator …
Jun 12, 2024 / Curious
Thordon Secures Contract to Retrofit Tailshaft Bearings Across Panama Fleet of 32 Tugs
Thordon Bearings has secured a significant contract to convert the rubber tailshaft bearings across an entire fleet of Panama-operating tugs, pilot vessels, and workboats to water-lubricated polymer bearings. The agreement with the unnamed operator …
May 23, 2024 / Curious
Thordon Bearings Delivers Robust Support to Wind Power-In-A-Box Technology
Thordon Bearings is supplying its grease-free, self-lubricating ThorPlas-Blue bearing material to a novel containerized wind propulsion system designed to reduce fuel consumption and fossil fuel emissions across all commercial ship types. The rigid …
Mar 19, 2023 / Curious
Thordon Bearings: Water Lubricated Propeller Shaft Bearings Found to Reduce Fuel Consumption
Peer-reviewed research by Thordon Bearings into the hydrodynamic lubrication efficiency of a ship’s propeller shaft bearing has found that the use of seawater-lubricated elastomeric polymer bearings reduces fuel consumption. The environmental and …
Sep 12, 2022 / Curious
After More than 30 Years of Service Thordon Bearings Still Going Strong on Coast Guard Icebreaker
A Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) icebreaker is helping to keep shipping moving on the Great Lakes throughout the winter with a set of Thordon Bearings’ propeller shaft bearings that were fitted more than 30 years ago.Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) …
Feb 7, 2022 / Vessels
COSCO Confirms Thordon Seawater Lubrication for Eight Newbuild General Cargo Ships
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers, a subsidiary of China Ocean Shipping Group (COSCO), COSCO Shipping Lines, has confirmed that the eight newbuild multipurpose cargo vessels entrusted to COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Dalian) Co. Ltd. will each …
Jun 16, 2021 / Vessels