(times.hankooki.com) Marine Week 2003, the largest maritime business exhibition in Asia, gets underway tomorrow at the BEXCO in Pusan from Oct. 21-24. … The exhibition is co-hosted by the Pusan city government, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and the Korea International Trade Association. The exhibition brings together 836 companies from 36 countries, including [...]
Archive of entries posted on October 2003
TAMUG to start work on engineering building
(www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?wcd=14312) “We cannot grow to 2,000 and beyond without the additional building,” McGonagle said. “It provides additional lab space for large engine testing – there will be enough space to hold pieces from a major diesel engine off of a ship – and a ship’s bridge simulator. Part of the curriculum involves the maintenance and [...]
Museum wows visitors for official opening
(www.zwire.com) The favorite exhibit so far seems to be a simulator allowing visitors to try their hand at guiding a towboat down the river using three computer-animated windows, two throttles and a lever. “I crashed,” Costello had to admit. Williams claimed success at navigating the towboat past another barge and under a bridge near downtown [...]
Push begins for education bond
(www.pressherald.com/news/state/031014education.shtml) $1 million for the Maine Maritime Academy to help buy a new bridge simulator used to train students and also upgrade technology that allows instructors to use high-speed Internet lines and digital video equipment to teach classes in every high school in the state and most colleges, said Len Tyler, president of Maine Maritime [...]
CSC lands $27 million Navy training order
(www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/21828-1.html) Computer Sciences Corp. will develop ship-handling simulators and provide enhanced instructional support under a task order from the Navy Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems. The task order is for one year with four one-year options, and will be worth $27 million if the options are exercised. Under the award, CSC will provide [...]