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NewsThordon Bearings signs multi-vessel agreement
Thordon Bearings has signed a deal that includes supply of water-lubricated and grease-free bearings for a fleet of newbuilds.
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NewsUpgrades for Paraná River pushboat fleet
South America’s Atria Logistics is making progress with the retrofit of its pushboat fleet with Thorndon’s water lubricated tailshaft and rudder bearings.
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COMPAC 21st
Thordon Bearings will mark the 21st anniversary of the first cruise ship installations of its Compac water-lubricated propeller shaft bearings with a series of celebratory events this year.
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NewsTough tug stern gear for tough tug requirements
Ontario-based Thordon Bearings has supplied stern gear to four new tugs that are designed to meet recently introduced US Coast Guard (USCG) rules while also capable of operating in particularly tough abrasive water conditions.
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IWSA membership for Thordon Bearings
Thordon Bearings has joined a growing number of organisations to have signed up as a full associate member of the International Windship Association (IWSA), the organisation established to facilitate and promote the economic and environmental advantages of wind propulsion across the shipping industry.
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NewsGrinning and bearing it in a Dubai drydock
A cutter head shaft bearing inspected after ten years and more than 100,000 hours of dredging silt, sand, rocks and stone has been found to have emerged completely unscathed at a Dubai drydock.
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Seawater lubricated sterntubes
US-based marine polymer bearing manufacturer Thordon Bearings Inc., has questioned the rise of so-called environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs) in oil-based stern tube seals and bearings when, Thordon claims, the industry can use the most environmentally safe lubricant there is – seawater.
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NewsNew Thordon shaft seal
Canadian grease and oil-free bearing solutions provider, Thordon Bearings Inc, has launched a new water lubricated mechanical face seal, TG100.
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Shaftline conversion for Fraser Titan
The triple screw Canadian dredger Fraser Titan has been converted to Thordon RiverTough water lubricated propeller shaft bearings from an oil lubricated system.
