Swiss marine giant ABB has spent more than a decade developing a radically different Voith-Schneider take on a marine ...

invariably at lower power cost than with conventional early 1998 and fitted with two 14-MW, Finnish-developed Azipod propulsion units. The most widely employed system to date, Azipod was ...

Since the introduction of the Azipod in 1990 by ... Podded drives are complete propulsion and steering units suspended below the ship, in place of conventional rudders or propellers.