page_title: MT Varzuga
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caption_attribution_description: English: The Russian product tanker Varzuga (ex-Uikku) anchored off Murmansk. This ship was the first cargo ship ever to be fitted with an Azipod propulsion unit.
context_page_description: MT Varzuga is a Russian product tanker operated by Murmansk Shipping Company. After her modernization in 1993 she became the first merchant ship to be equipped with Azipod, an electric azimuth thruster developed in Finland in the late 1980s. She was also the first non-Soviet ship to transit the Northern Sea Route.
context_section_description: MT Varzuga (Russian: Варзуга) is a Russian product tanker operated by Murmansk Shipping Company. After her modernization in 1993 she became the first merchant ship to be equipped with Azipod, an electric azimuth thruster developed in Finland in the late 1980s. She was also the first non-Soviet ship to transit the Northern Sea Route.
caption: Varzuga anchored off Murmansk, Russia, on 10 April 2015
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