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FUEL & LUBRICANT UPDATE

COMPANY PROFILE:

Chevron Lube Oil Helps Sea Princess Operate More Efficiently

With the utilization of increasingly sophisti- cated shipboard machinery, particularly main engines, ship owner/operators, more than ever, depend on a ship's lube oil to keep the ship run- ning smoothly and efficiently.

Recent results from the engine bay of a tanker ship indicates that the use of DELO 3000 Marine 30 oil from Chevron Marine

Lubricants can help benefit the engine, ship and shipowner in the short and long-term.

Colt Ship Management's 800 ft. (244 m) Sea

Princess works a world itinerary, powered by two diesel engines — with a total of 32, 16-in. pistons — powering the propellers.

When Colt Ship Management, Inc. of Cedar

Rapids, Iowa, first took over management of

Sea Princess in 1993, it noted that the vessel — before its use of DELO 3000 Marine 30 —

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Colt Ship Management's Sea Princess at anchor near Galveston,

Texas uses Chevron Marine Lubricants to help keep its two diesel engines in shape for its world schedule. began to build up sludge inside the engine, according to Chevron. The ship's purifiers were being taken out of service and de-sludged every five days for a cleaning that took quite a few hours. Between the ship's extra maintenance and filter replacement costs, the sludge build- up alone was hurting Sea Princess' profit mar- gin.

At the end of 1996, the ship's lubrication con- tract was put out to bid, and Chevron won the business based on a total package solution of product performance, technical support and competitive pricing.

In his presentation to win the business,

Chevron Marine Lubricants Territory Manager

Todd McKenna informed Colt Ship

Management Chief Engineer Lucien Durmont that DELO 3000-30 would probably clean up the sludge problem. Despite skepticism, Colt managers accepted Chevron's approach.

When Sea Princess switched to DELO 3000

Marine 30 in the beginning of 1997, a curious event occurred: Filter pluggings were even more frequent. It was determined, however, that this was not because DELO was creating more sludge, but because it was helping to clean the engine's internal components. After a few months and a couple of top-ups, the sludge reportedly virtually disappeared. "The most noticeable difference was in the purifiers and filters. They were sludge free. And the pump was immaculate, too. We recently went 21 days without cleaning the filter, and when we did look, there was no sludge,"explained Mr.

Durmont.

Colt Ship Management reports that it is now saving approximately $4,000 per month on fil- ters, $500 per month on labor (to replace the fil- ters), and $800 per month on labor to clean the purifier, totaling savings close to $65,000 per year. These savings lowered the ship's operat- ing costsand, according Mr. Durmont, the oil's performance so far points to the potential for extended engine life. "We now hope to be able to make a quantum leap by lengthening the interval between ring, piston and bearing renewals," he said.

While Chevron relies on its products to do the job onboard, the rapidly changing maritime market demands that it do more, and the com- pany's relationship with its customer expands far beyond delivering DELO at the dock. "Today's rapidly changing marine shipping

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