Simulators Track our Changing Relationship with Technology
frees up simulator time for others.Once onboard the simulator, seafarers can expect a comprehensive experience. Wärtsilä will supply its latest technology for a new maritime training center in Finland that will have two engine room simulators along with two large and three medium sized full mission navigational bridges with 360-degree visualization. They will include digital chart tables and a separate bridge wing console operated in virtu-al reality.FORCE Technology’s upcoming DEN-Mark2 mathematical model release for its augmented reality Sim-Flex4 tug and ship simulator will offer
Svitzer Orders Kongsberg Digital Simulators in Australia
base in Australia. The contract with Kongsberg will help create a training center of excellence for the deployment of Svitzer’s new TRAnsverse tug vessels entering service in Newcastle in early 2025.The contract comprises the delivery of a training suite in Q2 2024. The delivery encompasses a full-mission 360° K-Sim Navigation simulator configured as a tug bridge, and a part-task 180° K-Sim Navigation ship’s bridge simulator. It also includes an advanced Instructor System with a CCTV system for monitoring and debriefing, comprehensive training of the instructors, and a warranty
OSG Pledges $90,000 for Women at SUNY Maritime College
will share their personal experiences and extend invitations to interested young women to visit the campus. The program also includes hands-on experience at the helm of the College's 41-foot UTB, guided tours of the Empire State VII, simulation-based navigation exercises in the New York harbor using full-mission bridge simulators and introductions to campus life on the Mess Deck.Earlier this year, OSG partnered with the Women Offshore Foundation to award four scholarships to U.S. female maritime students
WinGD Expands Global Training Network
crews for the new future-fuel ready vessels will be delivered through a variety of both virtual and classroom-based training courses. The training will cover the full portfolio of engines, as well as the operational aspects of the future fuel landscape, prioritizing safety and engine optimization.A Full Mission Engine Room Simulator (FMS) equipped with WinGD’s virtual-reality engine room Xpert is a key feature of the training program, to allow the crew to train as a team for responding to real-life emergency scenarios involving the engine itself and all engine room systems.WinGD Director of Operations
Kongsberg Sim-based eLearning Solutions for MAAP
exercises, enabling a seamless transition from the traditional mode of learning while maintaining the same high standards in delivering quality maritime simulator training services to our students and customers.”Also included in the latest contract with MAAP is Kongsberg Digital’s new full-mission K-Sim Safety simulator, which will deliver the ability to carry out safe, realistic advanced firefighting and onboard search and rescue procedures in a cost-efficient manner. Using a replica of the layout on board a real crude oil carrier, an interactive 3D environment combines precise object
Wärtsilä Delivers LNG Training Solutions for Anglo-Eastern
in a timely fashion. It covers the entire LNG fuel system, from bunkering to operating LNG dual-fuel engines, and prepares ship crews to handle all related systems safely and correctly,” added Ashok Sharma, Sales, Wärtsilä Voyage Hong Kong.The entire Wärtsilä scope includes a full mission liquid cargo handling simulator that replicates a real ship system, an LNG bunkering and fuel gas supply simulator, and a full mission engine room simulator.Over the years, Anglo-Eastern has partnered with Wärtsilä Voyage on a broad range of equipment and solution installations, including
USMMA: Teaching with Simulation in the Maritime Field
the simulation equipment is not an important component of the overall course design. One of the most important roles the simulator itself plays, particularly in a course such as Bridge Resource Management, is to lend a degree of realism to the simulation exercise. Simulators range from full mission simulators to multi-task, part task, or special purpose simulators; each provides a certain level of realism, and each has its place in different types of learning. The degree of realism required in a simulation is dependent upon the overall course learning objectives, though. For
Wärtsilä Upgrades USCG Academy's Training Simulator
, the inclusion of specialty modules within the Wärtsilä simulator solution also enables highly advanced training in naval operations, search and rescue, and other operational activities unique to the mission of the US Coast Guard (USCG).The advanced Wärtsilä system consists of two Full Mission navigation and ship-handling bridges, three additional part task bridges and five separate yet interconnected instructor stations, designed to provide the instructors and operators with the maximum flexibility in accomplishing their training missions. Designed to provide trainees with a realistic
SUNY Hosts Ceremony for Hornblower E-Navigation Lab
and expansion of Hornblower’s longstanding partnership with Maritime College to inspire local maritime talent.Other components of the Hornblower Maritime College partnership includes Hornblower crews having access to Maritime College facilities for training purposes including its two, 360-degree full-mission bridge simulators, mentorships for students to engage with Hornblower crews and workforce opportunities across its several business units including its dining and sightseeing cruise operations, Statue Cruises and NYC Ferry by Hornblower. Many Hornblower employees are also Maritime College
Wärtsilä Simulators for New Portuguese Facility
Vano do Castelo (APDL), and was inaugurated in the end of July at a ceremony headed by Portugal’s Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino. The order was placed in October 2018.The center is the country’s largest and most advanced maritime training facility. It features a Wärtsilä Full Mission Bridge (FMB) simulator with 360 degree projection, two tug simulators with 360 degree LCD, and one VTS simulator to allow full training, complex exercises, and certification for pilots, tug masters, merchant navy offices, and seafaring vessel crews. The simulation technology has been developed
V.Group Showcases Seafarer App, Manila Training Facilities
growth in the cruise industry, and the need to train crew in the latest technical developments in today’s fleet. The new facilities will include an exact replica of a cruise cabin used to train the hotel staff in housekeeping duties, and an enhanced engineering simulator. They will also offer a full mission High Voltage Simulator, LNG bunkering simulator, electronic MAN ME and RT Flex Engine models, and hydraulic, pneumatic and electro technology training stations.Project Embark forms part of V.Group’s growth strategy of investing heavily in recruiting, developing and engaging the best maritime
Warsash Superyacht Academy Partners with Porto Montenegro
all offer an unrivaled range of services and amenities. The fusion of world-class training at a world-class destination will make Warsash Superyacht Academy Porto Montenegro a truly incredible experience.Launching with a series of courses this autumn – and aiming to expand to offer WSA’s full portfolio of internationally recognized qualifications for superyacht crew - this new partnership will make training crew even more efficient and convenient.This announcement comes at a time where Solent University is investing over £40 million ($52 million) from 2017 to 2020 in the latest technology
Kongsberg to Deliver Fisheries Training Simulator
competence and career progression for crew who wish to further develop skills in navigation and in new and different fishing methods to meet today’s higher standards of fish quality.” “The flexibility in K-Sim Fishery enables a wide range of system deliveries from desktop to full mission bridge configuration depending on the training requirements,” said Bjarne Torkelsen, Area Sales Manager, Kongsberg Digital. “K-Sim Fishery can be delivered either as a stand-alone system or as an integrated module to existing Kongsberg bridge simulators. Lofoten Vocational School will
Simwave Maritime Center of Excellence Opens
Simwave B.V. and Kongsberg Digital have completed the Site Acceptance Test (SAT) of one of the largest, most advanced maritime simulation suites ever delivered. The SAT, which took place January 19, means that the new Simwave Maritime Center of Excellence in Barendrecht, Rotterdam is now fully operational. As the sole simulation technology partner in the development of the unique Simwave facility, Kongsberg Digital delivered the full scope of work in accordance with the contract awarded in April 2017, which represented one of its most extensive deliveries to date. Following the SAT, all technical
Simwave Hires Hoorn
As of September 2017 Aat Hoorn has joined Simwave as manager engine room and high voltage simulators. These state of the art simulators comprise various engine room models presented on workstations, big views as well as a full mission engine room environment. Besides a Certificate of Competence Chief Engineer All Ships, Hoorn carries a professional Master’s degree in Education. Prior to joining Simwave Hoorn worked at various (managing) positions at a.o. Nedlloyd and AVR waste management center. Since 2000 Aat was senior lecturer and senior project manager at STC-Group;
Falck Safety Services, Simwave Partner on Training
simulator center in the world. This co-operation means that customers will be able to undertake simulation training at Simwave to complement the training at one of the training centers of Falck Safety Services. Simwave boasts 59 simulators at the brand-new Barendrecht site, including two full mission bridge simulators. One of these is equipped with a unique ‘floor projection system’, including two integrated bridge wings as part of the wheelhouse. This simulator also features a so-called cockpit bridge set up, which is frequently seen on passenger ships such as cruise ships and
Window Joins SIMWAVE as Navigation Manager
As of August 2017 Steve Window has joined SIMWAVE, the maritime simulation center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. As the Manager for Navigation, Window will be responsible for overseeing all training and assessments on the various full mission bridge simulators that will be installed at the 5,000m² center. Prior to joining SIMWAVE Window worked for eight years at Warsash Maritime Academy, where he was head of bridge simulation. Having served for 21 years as an officer in the Royal Navy in a variety of roles, he still serves at sea as a reserve officer, where he assesses the Royal Marine
