Thordon Bearings has praised the Canadian government’s Innovative Solutions Canada initiative for encouraging more of the country’s entrepreneurs, innovators, and manufacturers to design solutions in support of Transport Canada’s Ocean Protection … [Read more...] about Thordon Bearings praises Innovative Solutions Canada
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Rise in bearing retrofits to tourist ships
Thordon Bearings has registered an upswing in the number of historic passenger vessels operating on European waterways with water lubricated propeller shaft bearings as a way of further protecting those waterways from oil and grease … [Read more...] about Rise in bearing retrofits to tourist ships
Industrial pump bearings replaced with grease-free water-lubricated bearings
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) is a step closer to replacing its industrial pump bearings with grease-free Thordon water-lubricated bearing solutions, following the installation of the Canadian company’s pioneering technology to … [Read more...] about Industrial pump bearings replaced with grease-free water-lubricated bearings
Heavy-duty elastomeric bearing materials from Thordon Bearings
Thordon’s heavy-duty elastomeric bearing materials have been keeping the Comeau Marine Railway operational under locally concentrated loads and in some of the harshest, abrasive waterways for more than forty years. Comeau Marine’s 600t-capacity … [Read more...] about Heavy-duty elastomeric bearing materials from Thordon Bearings
Seawater lubricated propeller shaft system from Thordon Bearings
The largest cruise ship to be built in Italy has been delivered with a COMPAC seawater lubricated propeller shaft system from Canada’s Thordon Bearings. The 170,400gt MSC Seashore, delivered from Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard late last month, … [Read more...] about Seawater lubricated propeller shaft system from Thordon Bearings
Seawater lubricated shafting system from Thordon Bearings
China’s Fujian Southeast Shipyard has delivered four in a series of five new product tankers ordered by Malaysia’s Orkim Sdn Bhd. The 9000dwt Orkim Sapphire and Orkim Pearl, and 14,500dwt Orkim Diamond and Orkim Emerald represent the first vessels … [Read more...] about Seawater lubricated shafting system from Thordon Bearings
Vertical pump bearing application from Thordon Bearings
When a well-known industrial pump manufacturer needed four fully finished vertical pump bearings within three days to meet an urgent delivery deadline, Thordon Bearings’ Customer Service team orchestrated a solution to deliver the 6in (152.3mm) … [Read more...] about Vertical pump bearing application from Thordon Bearings
Zero pollution bearings for dry bulk cargo carrier application
Captain Henry Jackman, the 34,864dwt dry bulk cargo carrier China’s Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui shipyard delivered to Algoma Central Corporation in April, will begin trading on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway in June with a water-lubricated shaft … [Read more...] about Zero pollution bearings for dry bulk cargo carrier application
Tailshaft bearing solution from Thordon Bearings
Grupo Servicios Maritimos, an Argentinian company offering a variety of services related to the maritime, inland waterways, and port activity, operates a fleet of ten tugs, two container feeders, and six pilot/service launches, as well as a number of … [Read more...] about Tailshaft bearing solution from Thordon Bearings
Thordon Bearings’ launches first large commercial vessel project in Mexico
Mexico-based TZ Industrias has replaced the deck machinery bushing aboard the Caroil Transport Marine oil tanker Petion with ThorPlas-Blue, marking Thordon Bearings’ first large commercial vessel project in the country. Thordon’s grease-free … [Read more...] about Thordon Bearings’ launches first large commercial vessel project in Mexico
