with massive ships like oil tankers, how are they steered and controlled? Is there just one captain at a wheel directing the whole thing?

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with massive ships like oil tankers, how are they steered and controlled? Is there just one captain at a wheel directing the whole thing?

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Most modern large ships including oil tankers, cruise ships, etc are controlled electronically. Picture a computer game joystick instead of a large wheel.
The captain of the vessel is not usually the one “steering”, that duty usually falls to a helmsman.