South Korean fishing vessels install Vesconite Hilube stern tubes and rudder bearings

Two South Korean fishing vessels installed Vesconite Hilube stern tubes and rudder bearings at Port Louis dry dock, Mauritius, last month and the month before. The vessels, with a gross tonnage of 441t and 578t, came into the port separately, with a week’s interval between their entries. It was determined that stern tube and rudder bearing replacement was required, and the vital hollow tube-like structures that connect the ship’s engine to the propeller and assist with steering as well as tubes that allow for the free movement of the rudder were ordered from Johannesburg, South Africa.