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Thordon Bearings opens new market for its ThorPlas-Blue bearings with Wilson vessel retrofit project
Thordon Bearings opens new market for its ThorPlas-Blue bearings with Wilson vessel retrofit project

In what marks a relatively new application for Thordon Bearings’ pioneering polymer material, Wilson Ship Management ASA (“Wilson”), a Norway-based ship manager, has replaced the greased bronze bearings on the hatch cover wheels of some of its dry cargo vessels with self-lubricating ThorPlas-Blue bearings. Wilson, which operates Europe’s largest short sea fleet of about 130 general cargo vessels, has now converted eight vessels following the success of the first retrofit...

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