(www.shanghaidaily.com) Students at Shanghai Maritime University can now practice docking a ship in the city’s recently opened Yangshan Deep-Water Port without any risk of crashing into other boats, buoys or other obstacles. The university has developed a ship simulator using three-dimensional animation, to train students majoring in navigation and built a virtual replica of the [...]
Archive of entries posted on December 2005
ARI wins Dubai International Maritime Award 2005 for ‘Innovation in Shipping’
(i-newswire.com) The second annual Dubai International Maritime Awards ( DIMA ), organized by Seatrade, was held to felicitate those working constantly to improve maritime standards in West & Central Asia. Gala presentation dinner was held at Grand Hyatt Dubai on 12 December 2005, in the presence of Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization ( IMO [...]
Christie Upgrades Visual Display System for Marine Institute
(www.advancedimagingpro.com) I/ITSEC/Orlando, FL – (November 29, 2005) – Christie, a leading provider of visual solutions for business, entertainment, industry and government, announced that it has installed a state-of-the-art display system to replace the existing CRT technology for the Full Mission Bridge (FMB) simulator at the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland. The [...]