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(thedigitalship.com) (June 4 2010) Transas has been awarded a contract to supply simulation systems to be installed onboard two ships operated and owned by Intership Navigation (ISN). The ‘K Class’ capesize bulk carriers MV Lancelot and MV Percival, with a capacity of 178,000 dwt each, are currently being built at New Times Shipyard in Jing … Continue reading “Intership to begin on-vessel simulation training”

(bairdmaritime.com) Thursday, 19 November 2009 04:34 The pressure from some ship owners to consider shortening training time for watch officers prompted Jean-Pierre Clostermann, manager of ship handling simulation at the Le Havre Merchant Marine Academy in France, to bring objective, experimental results into the debate about how much simulators can replace at-sea experience. A rough … Continue reading “Simulator training versus sea time”

(bymnews.com) Kongsberg Maritime is proud to announce that its Polaris Dynamic Positioning simulator is the first to achieve DNV approval to the stringent Class A standard. The leading simulator developer has also achieved DNV approval to Class A standards for its Bridge Operation simulator including class notification of DP, Ice Navigation, High Speed Craft and … Continue reading “Kongsberg Maritime DP simulator first to achieve class A DNV Approval”

(seatradeasia-online.com) Kuala Lumpur: Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a contract by HJS Maritime SDN. BHD, Malaysia to deliver two Polaris Ship’s Bridge Simulators for use in a new centre of excellence being built for the Malaysian Marine Department. This contract follows the recent installation of the world’s largest 360° marine navigation simulator at the Maritime … Continue reading “Malaysian simulation contract for Kongsberg Maritime”

(prnewswire.com) ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands and PANAMA CITY, Florida, August 18 /PRNewswire/ — Simulation developer VSTEP announces the worldwide release of their award-winning maritime training and simulation software Ship Simulator Professional v2.0 and Instructor Station at the International Conference on Marine Simulation and Ship Manoeuvrability – MARSIM ’09, in Panama. Aimed at maritime professionals, Ship Simulator … Continue reading “Groundbreaking Maritime Simulator Ship Simulator Professional Introduced at MARSIM’09”

(thejakartapost.com) SEMARANG: Rheimentall Defence Electronics (RDE) of Bremen, Germany granted a Ship Handling Simulator worth 10 million euro (about US$14 million) to the Semarang Growth Centre on Thursday. The simulator consists of a Full Mission Bridge; a Part Task Bridge Simulator; a Full Mission Engine Simulator; a Part Task Engine Simulator; an Arpa Simulator Radar; … Continue reading “German firm grants ship handling equipment”

(bymnews.com) Transas Hellas in collaboration with Transas Mediterranean SAS supplied AEN – Epirus Merchant Marine Academy in Greece with a radar Bridge Simulator. The installed simulator will provide the necessary training with its capability to simulate various types of merchant ships. Among the other academies, the aforementioned simulator is the most modern and will contribute … Continue reading “Epirus Merchant Marine Academy installs Transas radar Bridge Simulator”

(bymnews.com) CERONAV, the biggest maritime training centre in the Black Sea region of Romania, has chosen the Transas Group to extend its maritime simulator capabilities for the fourth time. The latest contract includes extensions of the existing navigational simulator (NTPro) and Engine Room Simulator (ERS) and integration to provide joint training functionality for different groups … Continue reading “Transas integrates Navigational and ERS simulators for Maritime Training Centre”