Thordon signs contract to supply two container ships

摘要

Thordon Bearings in Canada has signed a contract to supply Compac seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearing solutions to two Jones Act container ships under construction at the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard for Matson Navigation Company, Inc. The order is significant in that it represents the first large container ship reference for the manufacturer and the largest commercial ship propeller shafts to be fitted with Compac bearings. The 3,600 teu Aloha class vessels will each feature a Compac bearing system for a 930mm diameter shaft driving an 8.1m diameter fixed pitch propeller.