Thordon Bearings’ Jacksonville-based distributor Coppedge Marine has secured an order with Tropical Shipping, for the COMPAC seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearing system, destined for two 300TEU environmentally-compliant box ships under construction in China, at the Guangzhou Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard. This will represent a first reference for COMPAC with this shipowner.
Erwin Holder, General Manager Vessel Construction, Tropical Shipping said: “These new 300TEU vessels will have a raft of equipment designed to protect the environment, so COMPAC fits well with our environmental sustainability goals. A seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearing installation means there will be zero risk of these vessels leaking oil into the sea.”
In addition to the COMPAC polymer bearings, the Tropical Shipping package includes Thordon’s Inconel®-equivalent shaft liners, Thor-Shield shaft coating systems, Thordon Water Quality Packages and a wear down poker gauge assembly.
In concert with Coppedge, Thordon’s Chinese distributor CY Engineering will work with the shipyard, to ensure the system is installed correctly and optimise the plant to meet Thordon’s 15-year wear life guarantee requirements.
“A key factor in us winning the order was being able to offer a proven, reliable system capable of meeting the U.S. EPA’s Vessel General Permit Rules. When these new reefer containerships join Tropical’s fleet in June 2018, they will operate in US waters between Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean” said Ed Coppedge, Vice-President, Coppedge Marine.
Thordon Bearings’ participates at Nor-shipping in Oslo (May 29- June 2, 2017), where visitors will be able to discover and explore its bearing solutions for marine, clean power generation, pump, offshore oil, and other industrial markets.
