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TECH FILE: NEW PRODUCTS

Big Order BOB for

Maersk Fluid Technology’s “Blending-On-Board” (BOB)

Lube-oil Management

Top Left: Maersk’s SEA-Mate Blending-On-Board system; Top Right: Maersk Pearl – one of the vessels to be equipped with B1000 Blending-On-Board system from Maersk Fluid Technology.

ate last year Maersk Fluid Technology de- buted to the maritime market a new ver- sion of its cylinder oil ‘Blending-On-Board’

L(BOB) system, targeting medium-sized two- stroke propulsion engines with a cylinder bore between 420 and 680 mm.

Recently the company announced that the ? rst vol- ume order was placed for retro? t of the SEA-Mate

B1000 system onto 12 tankers delivered to Maersk

Tankers between 2005 and 2008 – 10 vessels equipped with Wärtsilä (WinGD) RTA and RT-Flex engines with a bore between 580 and 620 mm and two vessels with engines designed by MAN Diesel & Turbo.

“With the ? exibility 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 sulphur,” said Tommy Thomassen, CTO,

Maersk Tankers. “The BOB system is expected to facilitate up to 40% reduction of current lube-oil consumption, cleaner main engine system oil and fuel savings of at least 0.5% for both MAN Diesel & Turbo and Wärtsilä (WinGD) two-stroke engines. Investing in BOB allows Maersk

Tankers to stay ? exible and ready for future lubrication challenges.”

The BOB systems are engineered to be simple to ret- ro? t onboard existing vessels and will be installed dur- ing 2016 without the need to interrupt vessels schedule.

With the systems installed the vessels will be able to blend from 30-140 BN cylinder oil, using the in-use system oil as a base-oil. The system is fully approved for the MAN Diesel & Turbo and Wärtsilä (WinGD) engines in question. “Vessels will be able to reduce lubricant supply to the lowest allowed consumption of lubricant as speci? ed by the engine manufacturer,” explained Sune Lilbaek,

Head of Sales and Marketing at Maersk Fluid Technol- ogy. “This is possible because cylinder lubricant from the BOB system always will be matching the sulphur content in the fuel. The BOB system also facilitates better engine performance through utilization of the in- use system oil as a base for the cylinder oil. This way, it will be possible to add fresh system oil to the main engine, improving overall cleanliness and viscosity of the system oil.” www.maersk? uid.com www.marinelink.com 109

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