Burlington, Ontario, headquartered Thordon Bearings has appointed Neil Cooper as Vice-President, Sales, with the mandate to build on the company’s leading position in the global water-lubricated bearings market and to drive continued
Thordon Bearings has received a Canadian Coast Guard contract to supply six SeaThigor shaft seals for retrofit installations on three icebreakers. The 5,910 grt CCGS Pierre Radisson and sister ships CCGS Amundsen
The 930-passenger Viking Jupiter, delivered earlier this month by Fincantieri’s Ancona, Italy shipyard, is the sixth cruise ship delivered by the shipbuilder to Viking Cruise. It is also the sixth in the
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 — Family owned Thordon Bearings, Inc., has been a leading manufacturer of high performance, oil and grease-free bearing systems, seals and other shaft line products for the global marine,
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 — Burlington, Ontario, headquartered Thordon Bearings has added propeller shaft alignment to the services offerered by its Global Service & Support division. The new addition completes the company’s service
APRIL 24, 2017—New Zealand operator Fullers Group’s new 34.9m catamaran ferry Korora will feature Thordon Bearings’ TG100 seal as part of its water-lubricated propeller shaft arrangement based around a Henley Integrated Propulsion
JANUARY 5, 2015 — Seawater lubricated bearing manufacturer Thordon Bearings Inc. is questioning the rise in use of environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs) in oil-based stern tube seals and bearings, declaring that “the
NOVEMBER 5, 2014 — Viking Cruises has opted for seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings for the 944 passenger, 47,800 gt cruise ship Viking Star. Built at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard, the ship is
AUGUST 8, 2014 — Thordon Bearings, Inc. says that water lubricated Thordon composite cutterhead shaft bearings have performed well for nine years on one of the largest cutter suction dredges in the
JULY 9, 2013 —Burlington, Ontario, based Thordon Bearings Inc. has launched ThorPlas-Blue, an addition to its grease-free polymer lineup that can be back-fit into virtually all deck machinery applications where greased bronze
