New Blending-on-Board System Set for Installation on 12 Maersk Tankers

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Friday July 15, 2016

Maersk Fluid Technology has announced that the newest version of its cylinder oil Blending-On-Board (BOB) system, SEA-Mate B1000, which it says enables vessels to "stay flexible and ready for future lubrication challenges," has received its first commercial order.

The system is slated for installation on 12 Maersk Tankers.

The BOB system, which is intended for medium-sized 2-stroke propulsion engines with a cylinder bore between 420 mm and 680 mm, was introduced by Maersk Fluid Technology during the second half of 2015, and can blend from 30 to 140 BN cylinder oil, using the in-use system oil as a base-oil.

The company's BOB systems are said to be simple to retrofit on existing vessels without the need to interrupt vessel schedules, and is approved for use with MAN Diesel & Turbo and Wärtsilä (WinGD) engines.

"With the flexibility of the B1000 Blending-On-Board (BOB) system from Maersk Fluid Technology, we get the ability to match our cylinder oil lubrication to the fuel sulfur," said Tommy Thomassen, CTO of Maersk Tankers.

"The BOB system is expected to facilitate up to 40 percent reduction of current lube-oil consumption, cleaner main engine system oil and fuel savings of at least 0.5 percent for both MAN Diesel & Turbo and Wärtsilä (WinGD) 2-stroke engines."

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