Translation for "gezeitenwechsel" to english
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Bis er den kleinen Strudel am Heck des Tankers bemerkt hatte. Denn das konnte nur bedeuten, dass sich die Schiffsschraube drehte. Und das wiederum ließ den Schluss zu, dass ein Hilfsaggregat lief. Und zwar ständig. Sie benutzten also die eigene Schubkraft, um das Schiff der jeweiligen Strömung im Kanal anzupassen. Außer beim Gezeitenwechsel, da manövrierten sie die Rolvaag einfach um dreihundertsechzig Grad herum. Also mussten sie mit einem computergesteuerten, satellitengestützten System ausgerüstet sein, das sie in die Lage versetzte, alle störenden Einflüs-se auszugleichen und die Position des Schiffes stabil zu halten.
But then he had noticed small, infrequent swirls of water at the vessel's stern, and he realized that its stern thrusters were running. Always running. They were adjusting their thrust to keep the ship stationary in the ever-changing currents of the channel, except at the change of tide, when he could see they were being used to swing the ship around. And that could mean only one thing: the anchor cables were a deception. The ship was equipped with a dynamic positioning system. This required a link to a geopositioning satellite and a powerful computer operating the ship's engines, working together to maintain an exact position on the surface of the earth. It was the very latest technology.
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