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MoorMaster™ automated mooring unit at a passenger ferry berth in Norway

A MoorMaster™ automated mooring unit at Lavik ferry berth in Norway. This unit is part of our combined automated MoorMaster™ and Alternative Maritime Power shore power application - the first of its kind anywhere in the world. This unit, and another at Opedahl ferry berth, moors an 80m-long battery powered catamaran ferry, run by Norwegian ferry operator Norled passenger ferry, 17 times a day.

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