Rim drive gets first reference

摘要

Last year, Norwegian ferry operator Fjord 1 MRF became the first shipowner in the world to equip an operational vessel with an azimuthing rim-driven thruster, and the first with an innovative 'electric shaft'. The system installed on the Eiksund has two azimuth rim-driven thruster (ARDT) units developed by Brunvoll, one forward and one aft.