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  1. Visor bows are still used, especially in railway ferries. In new designs however the bow is inverted, so that the waves tend to keep it closed, instead of opening it. That's the modern railway ferry "Messina". https://www.ferrovie.it/portale/images/articoli/07754101.jpg
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  2. Add that the bow was designed in a way that waves tended to force it open. Visor bows are still used, especially in railway ferries, but new designs have an inverted bow, so that the waves tend to keep them closed. https://www.ferrovie.it/portale/images/articoli/07754101.jpg
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  3. It greatly speed up the unload of the cars. By alternatively dock bow-first or stern-first, the cars enter and exit the ship always going forward.
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