Specially designed cargo barges would head out to meet and unload gigantic container ships along any coastline.

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The developers of mobile harbor say the system also will boost anti-terror efforts, by keeping container ships with potentially dangerous cargo away from populated areas.

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"I saw all these ships waiting out there,I am guessing, waiting their turns to load and unload the cargo, so,I said,Why do the ships come into the harbor?" Why not have the harbor go out there and bring the goods in?'" Researchers describe the mobile harbor as a lean, light system for unloading container ships even if the coastal area is too shallow for them to dock.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04