Shell Lubricants help ship companies save money
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Unlike cars, the vast majority of marine diesel engines are two-stroke engines. The lubricating oil of this kind of engine is not recyclable like a car. It is replaced after a certain distance, but it is added to the engine like fuel, and burns during the lubrication process. Therefore, the consumption of marine lubricating oil is very large, and usually a large ship needs 1.5 tons of lubricating oil every day. At present, the annual sales of marine lubricants in the world has exceeded 5 billion US dollars, and marine lubricants account for 5% to 10% of operating costs.
Shell Marine Oil Company (SMP), a global leader in the marine lubricants market, currently supplies lubricants to more than 15,000 customer ships in 47 countries, from large ocean-going tankers to small fishing vessels. SMP serves more than 450 ports worldwide and offers a portfolio of products including fuels for power diesel and gas turbine vessels, as well as 159 lubricants that maintain optimum engine and equipment efficiency. The AiexiaS4 marine lubricants they are about to introduce to the market can make a significant contribution to the shipping industry's cost reduction and energy saving.
Help ship operators reduce costs
Three years ago, Shell Marine Oil Company started a new generation of cylinder lubrication by working with two-stroke diesel engine suppliers based on its strong voice to reduce carbon emissions and the cost reduction of transport ship operators. Oil research. They started laboratory tests on 130 oils, and 18 of them were selected for engine testing to simulate actual hardships, climate variables, ship types, fuel types, etc., testing lubricant performance, stability, pollution, and ease of operation. . Then choose a kind of oil called AiexiaS4, let the engine manufacturer use it for 4000 hours and find that the effect is better than expected. They then used the actual ship on five ships. By November 23, one of the ships had exceeded 4,000 hours, and several other ships were close to completing the 4000 test. The results show that it has demonstrated its strength in reducing operating costs and streamlining operations to accommodate a wide range of operating conditions, fuel specifications ranging from 0.1% to 3.5%, and various engine and vessel types. It also resists all types of oil stresses encountered in the operation of two-stroke engines, including thermal stress, acid stress, humidity stress, and insoluble stress.
Xu Zemin, General Manager of Asia Pacific and the Middle East of Shell Marine Oil Company, said: "Shell Marine Oil Company's marine lubricant products are designed to help shipping companies cope with growing industry pressures, such as safe and reliable transport of goods, and the global economic downturn. Cost pressures, new regulations on fuel specifications, more stringent emission targets, and new emission control zones. To reduce costs, ship operators are using low-speed or even ultra-low-speed navigation while reducing cylinder oil feed rates. And extend the maintenance cycle."
In order to reduce fuel consumption, shipping companies generally adopt a method of reducing the speed of the ship, which in turn leads to an increase in oil stress and wear. According to reports, Shell Marine Oil Company conducts investigations and research and development with customers, engine manufacturers, academia, and additive suppliers to reduce the oil supply rate of lubricants while simplifying operation and protecting the engine under flexible speed conditions. , made a breakthrough.
Increase the development of the Chinese market
According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in the first three quarters of this year, China's shipbuilding completion volume was 51.01 million DWT, an increase of 18.3% year-on-year. In September, it completed 7.86 million DWT, an increase of 67.2%. Although the new orders for ships and the number of hand-held ships have decreased compared to last year, they are still the world's largest shipbuilding countries. In addition, along with the development of China's economy, the number of domestic and foreign transport vessels to and from China's ports has increased significantly, and the market demand for marine lubricants has soared. Because of this, Shell Marine Oil Company has placed the first global user technology day and media technology day of the new product AiexiaS4 in Shanghai, China.
According to reports, the sales volume of Shell Marine Oil Company's lubricants in China has tripled from 2007 to 2011 and is expected to increase by 50% by 2015. There are already four 100-cubic-meter oil tanks in Shanghai and Shell's marine oil company with a 500-cubic-meter oil tank in Nantong. This year, two 100-cubic-meter oil tanks will be added to the base in Shanghai, and will be in early 2012. Nantong added another 100 cubic meter tank to customers in the Yangtze River Delta.
While carrying out the construction of the port supply network and the construction of a professional sales force, Shell Marine Oil Company also moved the sales work in China to the shipbuilding enterprises and even moved to the engine manufacturers. Jerry Hammmett, general manager of Shell Marine Oil Technology, told reporters on Shanghai Media Technology Day that he went to Shandong's engine manufacturing company two years ago and saw good technicians and products, and discussed with experts. Technical problems to improve lubrication efficiency.
In terms of the training of maritime personnel, Shell Marine Oil Company also cooperates directly or indirectly with relevant departments of China. This year, they gave two lectures at Shanghai Maritime University, and promised to provide 80 tons of lubricants for Shanghai Maritime University.