"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

People use bin packing algorithms to figure out, for example, how to load up container ships.

人么通常用装箱算法来计算这个问题，比如说怎样装载货船。

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