Friday, November 27, 2015

How to moor a mega ship: video

At the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation at the university in Rostock, Germany, models of the largest container ships are tested in a wind tunnel. The Hamburg Port Authority commissioned the project in order to teach

pilots how to moor the big ships more efficiently.

To view the Hamburg Port Authority video about the mooring project: www.youtube.com


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