Shafts and Propellers

Netherlands-based Damen Marine Components (DMC) has signed its first order with a Turkish shipyard to supply steering equipment for a fishing trawler.

A Russian shipyard hopes to promote a variable-pitch propeller system to civilian customers, taking advantage of technology developed for the Russian navy.

Thordon Bearings has completed a range of water-lubricated and grease-free bearing installations to a third salt lugger in the Salinor/Navenor fleet, following the successful retrofitting of bearings to problematic newbuilds.

Sharrow Engineering has completed the final phase of testing on its high efficiency propeller, which offers ship operators 9-15% more efficiency than the industry standard and reduces fuel costs.

Investment in cutting edge design tools are helping Teignbridge Propellers in its investigation into efficient propulsion systems as part of a UK-funded project.

WE Tech Solutions has supplied its energy efficient Solution One (Economic Operation Solution) together with direct drive permanent magnet shaft generator to Vulica Shipping’s two 68000dwt self-unloader bulk carriers.

A new joint industry project aims to seek out improved methods for propeller inspection and metrology.

Class society DNV GL has revised class rules for single shaft bearing installations and introduced two shaft alignment notations in the wake of a reported upsurge in stern tube bearing failures.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Wärtsilä are to jointly market a new energy solution that deploys both waste heat recovery (WHRS) and power take-off/in (PTO/PTI).

Thordon Bearings has received another order from a Chinese shipyard which it says indicates more of the country’s shipbuilders are specifying water lubricated propeller shafting arrangements as standard.