(defpro.com) Kongsberg Maritime has developed a new touch screen based Engine Room Simulator configuration, which has been designed to offer realism to students whilst providing colleges and training institutes with a new opportunity to broaden the range of courses to be offered without investing in expensive new hardware. Called Neptune MultiTouch, the system, which is [...]
Archive of entries posted on November 2008
Rheinmetall transfers a second nautical simulator to the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, Germany
(defpro.com) 15:01 GMT, November 14, 2008 – Oceans cover 71% of the earth’s surface. Today, around two-thirds of the world’s population live in coastal zones. Nearly 95% of global long-distance freight is shipped by sea. Each year, around 3.5 billion tons of cargo and some 350 million passengers pass through European ports alone. Globalization is [...]
Deck and engine room staff need simulator training
(lloydslist.com) Keith Wallis, Hong Kong – Monday 10 November 2008 MANDATORY simulator training should be introduced for deck and engine room staff to improve operational standards and efficiency, according to the head of a leading ship management company. Peter Cremers, Anglo Eastern Group chief executive, said the simulator training would overcome the problem that there [...]
Kongsberg Maritime drives down cost of full mission simulation
(bymnews.com) Utilising the latest in touch sensitive technology, Kongsberg Maritime has developed the Multiflex Panel, a flexible touch-screen panel for its Polaris simulation systems that can be configured with different panel functions. This enables training institutes to offer a wider range of training on their Kongsberg Maritime Polaris full mission simulators whilst keeping costs down. [...]