Mooring Installation Highlights Thordon's Range of Bearing Applications The bearing installations to two Calm Buoys operating offshore Libya are indicative of the wide-range of applications Thordon’s environmentally-safe bearing systems have outside the company’s traditional maritime market. A total of 48 bearings and bushings were supplied in 2014 for installation to the chain stoppers of Monobuoy’s innovative 400t turntable Calm Buoys, a single point mooring system designed to allow oil tankers to load and offload cargoes offshore, without having to berth alongside the refinery. However, the ensuing Libyan conflict resulted in the project being postponed until late last year, when they finally entered service. “Despite the delay, construction and commissioning went very well,” saidMonob

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