There are many routes where ships have to be designed for shallow water operation, including one in the Baltic Sea between Gedser, Denmark and Rostock, Germany. This requires a special ferry design to take into account the shallow waters encountered on much of the route, along with strong cross-currents at the harbour entrance. New Baltic ferry Berlin needs to be able to accelerate up to 9 knots astern within two to three ship lengths to clear Gedser harbour, with enough speed to overcome the c....

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