Maritime Simulation News

(bymnews.com)

Kongsberg Maritime Simulation & Training has recently opened a sales office in Mumbai, India in cooperation with Kongsberg Process Simulation Ptv. Ltd. Within a few months of setting up its sales and service office in Mumbai, Kongsberg Maritime Simulation & Training has signed its first Ship Handling Simulator agreement, to supply a Full Mission Polaris Bridge Simulator and a Full Mission Engine Room Simulator to AMET University in Chennai India.

AMET University is one of the premier educational institutions for maritime education in India, and trains approx. 1500 cadets a year for a seafaring career. Typically, cadets enroll for a Bachelor Nautical Sciences or a Marine Engineering degree. AMET University also conducts advanced courses such as MBA in Shipping and Logistics.

The agreement was signed by Mr. Rajesh Ramachandran, Pro-Chancellor AMET University, and Kishore Sundaresan, Managing Director, Kongsberg Process Simulation, India. The agreement was signed at the AMET University Campus in Chennai. The sale to a prestigious institution like AMET has reinforced the presence of Kongsberg Maritime Simulation & Training in India. The company’s Mumbai office is geared to meet the challenges of the growing requirements of the Indian market.

India is a leading supplier of trained seafarers to the international shipping industry. Hence, there is a need for state-of-the-art training facilities. Kongsberg Maritime Simulation & Training’s presence in India promotes the establishment of such training facilities whilst at the same time providing high quality customer support.

(engineeringnews.co.za)

The CSIR also analyses data on ship motion. Ship motion simulator software is run on computers to determine how a ship will be manoeuvred into the port. A pilot will steer the simulated ship into the harbour, which will provide statistical information that is then used to design the safe layout of a port.

For example, different conditions and scenarios are fed into the simulation and repeated simulations provide information on how wide the entrance channel should be. The simulations are also carried out with a few different harbour layouts to determine which is the safest and most economic design. The simulations also allow the ports to be tested for ships of the future, not only ships that currently use the ports.

The computer simulations are also used for the physical model results and after the port has been designed for safety and efficiency, the physical model can help determine the wave action that may enter the port for each port expansion design. Data is extracted from all the different models and simulations to increase the efficiency of the actual port expansion design, and determine limiting conditions for safe port operations.