Royal Caribbean’s new Quantum Ultra-class cruise ship, Odyssey of the Seas, had her multidirectional Azipods installed this week at the Meyer-Werft shipyard.
Odyssey of the Seas gets her Azipods as Meyer-Werft returns to work
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