Company insight Riding with the waves
Engine lubrication has an important role to play in the new green era of less emissions and cleaner shipping. Robert Joore, general manager of Lubmarine at TotalEnergies, explains why.
least in how engine oils are manufactured, supplied, delivered and used. Engine oils have three main purposes; to provide a barrier to metal-to-metal contact between piston rings and the cylinder liner; neutralising any sulphuric acid to control corrosion; and to keep the cylinder liner and piston rings clean, preventing damage from combustion and neutralisation residues.
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As the cruise industry increases new energy efficiency, emission and greenhouse gas initiatives, Lubmarine continues to work with all major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), auxiliary equipment manufacturers and supply chain partners, to develop new engine oils to use with the fuels of the future.
Data on board
Data and digitalisation are core parts of the company’s strategy across all markets to help further its product development and give customers the best possible options with “current, reliable, timely and trusted data” to help everyone involved understand the changing world in shipping. Lubmarine has developed new ways in which it obtains information from engine oils that provides a deep-dive in to how customers use its lubricants.
Engine oils prevent damage from combustion on large vessels.
are able to harness data to better understand their vessel.
Finding balance at sea Using the right lubricant in the right amount to deliver optimum performance and effective engine cleanliness is just one piece in the puzzle, however. The other critical step is using a specialist engine lubrication monitoring and
“By carefully and regularly monitoring lubricant and vessel machinery conditions, cruise operators can avoid what research has highlighted is likely to be costly engine damage.”
This includes operating parameters, such as engine condition, engine load, fuel type, running hours and temperature. Checking the various parameters enables Lubmarine customers to gain real insight into how engines and their lubrication perform – both to help improve engine cleanliness on the vessel and to improve engine wear and damage protection. They
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management system. By carefully and regularly monitoring lubricant and vessel machinery conditions, cruise operators can avoid what research has highlighted is likely to be costly engine damage. Research, undertaken by international marine insurer The Swedish Club, reveals that lubrication failure is the main cause of vessel engine damage - on average
uality and customer proximity have been essential ingredients in Lubmarine’s success – not
costing $763,320 to repair. Lubmarine’s oil analysis service, Diagomar Plus, overcomes this issue by helping to prevent excessive wear or damage before it happens.
This helps to reduce the risk of vessel machinery downtime along with the associated costs of damage or repair.
Start the engine
It is also important to follow the OEM recommendations by using an engine oil that matches the recommended fuel and operating conditions. This service is adapted to the latest OEM guidelines – designed to provide cruise operators with ongoing technical support and interpretation through the company’s team of specialists across its five global laboratories and marine lubricant engineers out in the field. The range of services available through Lubmarine labs include analyses for engine oil, non-engine oil, thermal oil, stern tube oil, and EAL (environmentally acceptable lubricant). Different categories of fuel exert different formulation requirements for lubricants. One of the main differences is the base number of the oil formulation, which represents its ability to neutralise acids formed in the cylinder environment. For the four-stroke engine market, which equips the vast majority of cruise ships, Aurelia and Disola trunk piston engine oils have been improved to ensure reliability and cleanliness for today and tomorrow’s cruise industry.
Lubmarine has been very active making investments in Europe, the US and across Asia, which it believes is needed to assist the company’s cruise operating clients, as part of the energy transition towards IMO 2050. Factors such as supply chain infrastructure, product performance, are the key forces driving lubricant use as the marine industry’s viable and sustainable focus on clean engine technology prevails not just for today, but for some time to come. ●
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