A Review of Azimuth Thruster

This paper primarily concerns with the review of Azimuth thruster, its types, architecture, working along with its advantages and disadvantages. An Azimuth thruster is an arrangement of marine propellers placed in pods which can be rotated to any horizontal angle (azimuth). Joseph Becker, invented the Z-drive azimuth propeller first in 1950, whereas this kind of propulsion was first patented by Pleuger in 1955. The ships fitted with this system...