Recognized internationally for superior performance in marine applications with a worldwide customer service network in over 100 countries, Thordon Bearings has become a trusted marine bearing manufacturer of premium quality products and engineered solutions that last the life of the vessel, requiring little maintenance and few spare parts.

  • Low acoustic signature
  • Low friction and speed operation
  • Reduced break away torque
  • Impact / shock resistance
  • High abrasion resistance
  • Non-catastrophic failure
  • Simple and fast installation
  • Reduced docking frequency
  • Long wear life
  • Ease of replacement  - replace bearing with shaft in place

Products


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Propeller Shaft Bearing Systems

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Deck Equipment Bearings

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Rudder Bearings

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Shaft Seals

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    Thordon Merchant Fleet NewsWorks 2023

    Thordon’s web-based newsletter specifically developed for marine users of oil-free and grease-free bearings in the merchant marine sector. This newsletter includes articles that highlight our successes on tankers, bulk cargo carriers, ferries, and cruise ships with COMPAC seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings, and ThorPlas-Blue deck equipment installed and used around the world. We also introduce Thordon’s new BlueWater Seal and highlight the largest rudder bearing Thordon has ever produced.
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  • Team Vigilance VARD Thordon

    Vard Marine Inc. Welcomes Thordon Bearings Inc. into the Team Vigilance Preferred Suppliers Program

    Jun 26, 2024
    VARD has named Thordon Bearings Inc. (Thordon) as a preferred supplier to Team Vigilance. The Burlington, Ontario-based innovator secured its first naval contract in the early 1990s, supplying first-generation COMPAC bearing systems for installation to the RCN’s Halifax-class frigates and Oberon-class submarines. Since then, the company has supplied its bearings and seals to more than 50 Navies and Coast Guards around the world.
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    Canada Continues to Buy Local with New AOPV Bearing Deal with Thordon

    Aug 08, 2023
    Thordon Bearings has been awarded a contract to supply seawater-lubricated bearings for installation to the first of two modified versions of the Harry DeWolf-class of Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessels (AOPV). The new ships for the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) are on order and will be built at Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax Shipyard. The CCG AOPV are versions of the six AOPV that Halifax Shipyard is building for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), all of which feature Thordon’s seawater-lubricated bearings.
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