The Ship Report, Wednesday, March 11, 2026
How do ships choose what speed to travel in the river?This may seem like an obvious question (they slow down), but the answer is actually quite complex. Today we'll talk about ship speed in enclosed environments, about things like current and tides, and about some more obscure aspects of the physics of water that heavily affect ships in rivers.
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