Using Azipod technology, the MT Mastera and its sister ship the MT Tempera are known as double acting tankers.
Description
These 'double acting' vessels have resolved the traditional design compromise of icebreakers: they travel forward using a conventional bulbed bow in open water for maximum efficiency, but in ice conditions these vessels navigate backwards using their stern, which is shaped like an icebreaker's bow. It is the azipod's ability to completely reverse the direction of thrust by 180° which enables them to do this easily. Image map textures are not included.
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