Maersk Fluid Technology Highlights Growing Demand for Lubricant Blending-On-Board Systems

Maersk Fluid Technology says there has been an influx of orders for their SEA-Mate BOB system. Image: MFT

Maersk Fluid Technology (MFT) today said a recent influx of orders for their SEA-Mate Blending-on-Board (BOB) system is confirmation of industry demand for technological solutions that allow ship operators to blend fit-for-purpose cylinder lubricant compositions onboard their vessels, matching engine operating conditions and fuel sulfur levels in the process.

"The flexibility of the system allows blending of a cylinder oil with system oil or blending of two cylinder oils, and means it can easily be adapted for future needs through change of the incoming streams," said Sune Lilbaek, Head of Sales at MFT.

MFT says there are more than 200 installations currently in operation, and as Ship & Bunker reported last week, MFT recently signed contracts with both Evergas and the Clipper Group for the supply of its SEA-Mate Blending-on-Board (BOB) system.

"Our experiences with the current 200+ installations have proved that it will be possible to achieve continuous lubrication at, or close to, the lowest allowed consumption of lubricant as specified by the engine manufacturer, with the optimal amount of acid neutralisation and cleaning properties – the cylinder lubricant from the SEA-Mate BOB system always matching the fuel composition," said Lilbaek.

In December, MFT announced that it had upgraded its SEA-Mate BOB Value Calculator to work with mobile devices and tablets.

More recently, in February, MFT updated their online library of high-BN cylinder oil product sheets to include the latest generation of 140 BN and 300 BN cylinder oils suitable for BOB, for blending with system oil or low-BN cylinder oils.