How a Ship Holds Still Without an Anchor

Casual Navigation Short Yesterday

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Modern dynamic-positioning systems use sensors, computers, and thrusters to hold a ship over one exact location, sometimes for weeks.

The moonpool is the doorway to the seabed; dynamic positioning keeps that doorway in exactly the right place.

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