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Jan. 20, 2012
How Large Ships Use Navigation Systems
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| The International Maritime Organization has decreed that by 2015, all large deep sea ships will be required to carry the latest in electronic navigation equipment. But does state-of-the-art navigation technology prevent shipwrecks like last week’s off the Italian coast? Max van Norden talks about the technology. |
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Max van Norden
Coordinator, Hydrographic Science Program
Department of Marine Science
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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