Thordon Bearings has completed the oil to water-lubricated tailshaft bearing conversions of the first four of 15 Impala Terminals Colombia-operated tug/tow boats. Impala Zambrano, the first of 15 triple-screw and twin-screw pusher boats scheduled … [Read more...] about Oil to water-lubricated tailshaft bearing conversions

Thordon Bearings’ US West Coast Distributor, Pacific Marine Equipment has  completed the installation of a pair of TG100 mechanical propeller shaft seals to Hornblower Cruises & Events’ 1000-passenger capacity twin screw flagship, Inspiration … [Read more...] about TG100 mechanical propeller shaft seals

Canada’s Thordon Bearings has introduced a global service and support (GSS) service to assist ship owners, shipbuilders and repair yards with the installation, commissioning, maintenance and shaft/stern tube alignment services of the full range of … [Read more...] about Thordon introduces global service and support concept

Thordon Bearings has unveiled what is potentially the marine industry’s safest, most robust shaft seal as part of a program of enhancements underway. Targeting high quality, low leakage, long life and minimum maintenance, Thordon’s new SeaThigor … [Read more...] about Thordon’s SeaThigor seal for COMPAC

Thordon Bearings has called on the marine industry to investigate the characteristics of both conventional seawater-lubricated propeller shaft systems and podded propulsion arrangements in order to provide shipowners with a better understanding of … [Read more...] about Pods vs. Water Lubricated Props

With increasing market awareness and demand for its COMPAC seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearing, the Canada-based manufacturer, Thordon Bearings will use Posidonia to highlight the environmental and cost-saving advantages of its ThorPlas-Blue … [Read more...] about Environmentally safe polymer bearings