The southerly hemisphere’s very first totally electrical, carbon fiber traveler ferryboat has actually effectively finished its inaugural big salami with a Thordon salt water lubed prop shaft plan provided by New Zealand’sHenley Engineering Ika Rere, Mãori for flying fish, signed up with the East by West fleet in December running the firm’s Wellington to Eastbourne course.
Commenting on the ferryboat’s very first journey, in between West Queen’s Wharf and also Days Bay, Henley Engineering Managing Director, Mark Power, stated: “Ika Rere runs like a Tesla Model S! It’s fast, efficient, smooth and quiet. It is a truly inspiring vessel. We hope to be involved in more projects like this.”
Auckland based Henley Group– Thordon’s licensed supplier for New Zealand– created and also provided the vessel’s driveshafts aft of twin 325kW battery-powered electrical motors.
The extent of supply consisted of a set of Thordon SXL salt water lubed prop shaft bearings set up in Easiflow GRP sterntubes; shaft seals with Thordon XL oil/grease-free overview shrubs; shaft lines and also prop; combinings, places, propelled bearings and also brakes.
East by West Managing Director Jeremy Ward stated: “While the quiet hum of an electric boat is a much more pleasurable experience for passengers, this project was driven by our desire to take climate action. A Thordon Bearings’ zero pollution package was the perfect fit for this eco vessel. A smooth, quiet and water lubricated driveline was an essential environmental requirement.”
The 19m (62ft) long, 135 passenger-carrying rapid pet cat is additionally the very first vessel supplied by the Wellington Electric Boat Building Company (WEBBCo), a joint endeavor in between the ferryboat driver and also recognized boatbuilder Fraser Foote.
WEBBCo taking care of supervisor Fraser Foote stated: “The ferry is very quiet at 19 knots and silent at 10 knots. It is faster and uses less energy than we anticipated. Ika Rere is a hugely successful project for us. We are the first in the southern hemisphere to have taken a vessel of this kind off the drawing board and onto the water.”
Foote advanced that cooperation in between the lawn’s internal style group and also New Zealand’s leading naval firms “was key to this success. We are extremely proud of what we’ve achieved together”.
Thordon Bearings’ Technical Director, Tony Hamilton, advanced that the seal and also bearing expert is well put to sustain delivery’s change to a lasting future and also getting rid of oil contamination listed below the waterline.
“We are thrilled to help drive the electric ship and other alternative means of propulsion forward. The pioneering work into self-lubricating polymer materials we started in the 1970s has resulted in the portfolio of environmentally safe products we see today. We were ahead of the game then and we’re still ahead of the game now. All our products are designed to reduce the maritime industry’s impact on the environment,” stated Hamilton.
Thordon Bearings sustains the International Maritime Organizations’ World Maritime style for 2022: New Technologies for Greener Shipping.
The style is connected to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDGs 13 and also 14 on environment activity and also lasting use the seas, seas and also aquatic sources; SDG 9 on sector, development and also framework; and also SDG 17, which highlights the relevance of collaborations and also application to attain these objectives.
