Pod-propulsion is an industry standard today in passenger cruise ships and has been applied also for product tankers (two refits), icebreakers and offshore vessels. Space saving is obvious ...

Slipping out through the Finnish archipelago on a Sunday morning at the end of October, Voyager of the Seas cut a figure of unprecedented scale in the passenger ship sector, symbolizing both the ...

said the cruise industry has been watching the case closely. Pod propulsion systems are seen as a cost-saving advance allowing greater maneuverability for large ships in smaller ports without ...

Passengers on the luxury Queen Mary 2 cruise ship are threatening to ... departure from Fort Lauderdale where one of the ship's four propulsion pods was taken out of service.