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Thordon launches new T-BOSS shaft solution for the sterntubeless ship

T-BOSS system for sterntubeless ship

Unveiled by Canada’s Thordon Bearings at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg, the Thordon-Blue Ocean Stern Space (T-BOSS) is a new solution designed to meet the propeller shaft requirements of the sterntubeless ship design proposed by the Blue Ocean Alliance

The alliance is a consortium of industry partners – ABS, Thordon Bearings Inc, Wärtsilä, SDARI, and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) – that have collaborated to develop and promote the sterntubeless ship concept.

The T-BOSS...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Medstraum – Electric catamaran ferry for Norway’s Kolumbus

Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand has completed construction of a new fully electric fast catamaran ferry to be operated locally. The 31-metre-long vessel has been aptly nam ..

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Problem of Cargo Liquefaction in The Maritime Industry

  • The thesis report presents an overview of the cargo liquefaction problem which affects bulk carrier vessels.
  • Liquefaction occurs due to contact forces between the individual solid particles are reduced, thereby softening and weakening the soil deposit.
  • Liquefaction is produced by shaking forces or other rapid loadings in cargoes and soils, which contain a sufficient amount of water.
  • The report suggests remedial factors, for instance, reduce the transport liquid mobility of the phenomenon, find...

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