Grupo Servicios Maritimos Resolves Tailshaft Bearing Headache With Thordon Solution
Grupo Servicios Maritimos Resolves Tailshaft Bearing Headache With Thordon Solution KAI GIA BUNKERPORTS Grupo Servicios Maritimos, an Argentinian company offering a variety of services related to the maritime, inland waterways and port activity, operates a fleet of ten tugs, two container feeders and six pilot/service launches, as well as a number of barges. A frequent headache for the Buenos Aires-based operator, however, was the excessive tailshaft bearing wear rates experienced on some vessels operating conventional rubber bearings in a mix of sea-, brackish-, muddy-, and freshwaters. The...