Shipyard inertia preventing wider adoption of water-based lubrication

Shipowners want to return to a water lubricated propulsion arrangement, but shipyards are preventing the wider take up of the environmentally sustainable solution, writes Patrik Wheater.

The COMPAC open water lubricated stern tube arrangement (credit: Thordon Bearings)

Shipowners want to return to a water lubricated propulsion arrangement, but shipyards are preventing the wider take up of the environmentally sustainable solution, writes Patrik Wheater.

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