Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 05/2022
Thordon Bearings Inc
Canadian grease-free seals and bearings manufacturer Thordon Bearings will be fielding an executive team of technical experts at this year’s SMM to answer questions about the sterntubeless ship, which received ABS type approval in June. Working in collaboration with Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI-CSSC), National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and ABS Global Ships System Center, Thordon Bearings has developed a ship design that removes the need for a sterntube. According to the research parties, by simply reconfiguring the sterntube space with a shorter shaft and moving the engine further aft significant operational costs can be made, cargo capacity increased and the vessel’s environmental footprint greatly improved....