Fast response puts oil tanker back in service
SKF responded quickly to an unexpected failure on an oil products tanker - then analysed and fixed the problem so that the vessel could go back into service as soon as possible.Gothenburg, Sweden, 14 October, 2020: SKF has helped a shipping operator to repair one of its oil product tankers at very short notice.
Prime Marine is a leading provider of sea transportation for refined petrochemicals and other products. The Arctic Flounder, one of 41 vessels in its fleet, experienced an unexpected failure within a stern tube bearing. The ship’s manager asked SKF Machine Support to diagnose and