Sea-Faring Bearings
November 10, 2011 (Thordon in the News)(Canadian Plant, September/October 2011) Thordon Bearings Sea-Faring Bearings - Cleaning Up the Marine Industry article from Canadian Plant magazine.
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(Canadian Plant, September/October 2011) Thordon Bearings Sea-Faring Bearings - Cleaning Up the Marine Industry article from Canadian Plant magazine.
With the recent National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy announcement of the awarding of large ship packages worth $33 Billion(yes – with a B) to Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding on the East coast and Seaspan Marine Corp. on the West coast, this is great news for the Canadian shipbuilding and marine industry.
Many ports around the world are offering incentives to shipping companies that are using technology that reduces the environmental impact on the port waters.
The Arctic ocean is becoming ice-free much earlier in the summer allowing ships a quicker route from Asia to Europe and eastern USA
(MER, June 2011) On May 26, 1998, then the largest cruise ship in the world, 109,000 GT Grand Princess, made her inaugural voyage with a 12 night cruise from Barcelona to Istanbul.
Recently, there has been much press regarding alternative forms of clean power generation.
Canadian manufacturer, Thordon Bearings' seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings have been shortlisted for the Ocean Environmental Protection Award at the 2011 Sustainable Shipping Awards to be held in London, England, July 7, 2011.
The MV Algorail is a single screw, 194m (638 ft.) self unloading cargo vessel operating on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. The 43 year old Laker was recently docked at Seaway Marine and Industrial (SMI) in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Grand Princess latest propeller shaft bearing wear data: 13 years of pollution free performance and no shaft withdrawals.
The Company of Master Mariners of Canada are holding an international conference on Shipping and Environmental Issues in 2011 on June 6-8, 2011 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA.