The Finns, with a long track record in thruster technology, were the leaders in the podded drive concept, first applied in the form of a 1,5-MW Azipod unit to a Finnish waterway service vessel in ...

The new tanker design also has a propulsion arrangement option—incorporating either a pair of diesel engines (top) or an Azipod propulsion unit (bottom). The arctic tanker design is 120,000-dwt ...