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Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure recently donated its state-of-the-art SafePilot CAT PRO solution, SafePilot Pro Navigation software, and iPads to Louisiana-based Maritime Pilots Institute, with the aim of... |
https://maritime-professionals.com/donation-to-maritime-pilots/
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In a significant development that promises to reshape the landscape of maritime training, FORCE Technology and IDsure are proud to announce the signing of a long-term contract. This groundbreaking … |
https://maritime-professionals.com/revolutionizing-maritime-training/
In the last quarter of 2019, Wärtsilä signed a contract with Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) in Finland for the delivery of navigation simulator and specific mathematical models, what are called to be used as an ”essential enabler” for testing autonomous vessels.
Namely, Wärtsilä announced that the technology will be used in the Intelligent Shipping Technology Test Laboratory (ISTLAB) project, which aims at creating a technically precise testing environment for remotely...
https://safety4sea.com/wartsila-delivers-new-simulation-technology-for-autonomous-vessels/
The German Institute for Wind Energy Systems, Fraunhofer IWES recently informed its development of a mobile grid simulator which goals to advance the integration of offshore wind farms into the grid. Namely, the Mobil-Grid-CoP test facility aims to verify current and future grid system services.
According to the Institute, future offshore turbine sizes require an output in excess of 15MW, which cannot be provided by the current test benches.
In fact, the new mobile grid simulator will allow...
https://safety4sea.com/germany-to-develop-grid-simulator-for-wind-turbines/
Wärtsilä will supply an LNG bunkering vessel simulator to Kasi Group, a provider of integrated marine solutions. The simulator will be used to provide hands-on training to those who will be operating LNG bunkering services.
The demand for training services for LNG bunkering vessel simulators has been increasing since 2017, when only one single LNG bunkering vessel was operating.
By the end of 2018, this number had risen to nine ships, and it is expected that an additional 30 of these vessels will...
https://safety4sea.com/new-lng-bunkering-vessel-simulator-to-allow-hands-on-training/
Malaysia-based Kasi Group announced the launch of an LNG bunkering simulator in the country. According to the company’s Executive Director it will be Malaysia’s first LNG bunkering simulator.
Specifically, Kasi’s Executive Director, Benjamin Nair, during the ‘Experiences in Developing a Technology-Based Company in Sabah’ event, informed that the simulator is expected to have a global release in the next month.
The (simulator) developer will be flying in to Sabah and we will do the global release...
https://safety4sea.com/malaysia-gets-its-first-lng-bunkering-simulator/
Maritime Crew Resource Management (MCRM) training is of outmost importance for the shipping industry; it focuses on Bridge Resource Management and Engine Room Resource Management including performance monitoring, drills and exercises with simulators or videos and feedback procedures.
This type of training was firstly introduced in aviation, as an action to prevent further human failures that may cause fatal accidents, like the one occurred at the Tenerife airport in 1977, when two aircrafts...
https://safety4sea.com/cm-safety-management-evaluating-a-crew-resource-management-training/
A £7m new marine simulator centre has been officially opened at Solent University in Southampton. Presenting the new simulator, UK Chamber of Shipping president Sir Michael Bibby said it should play a vital role in delivering UK’s Maritime 2050 policy objectives.
Facilities at the site include eight full-mission bridge simulators, a full-mission engine room simulator, over 50 part-task simulators, high voltage, dynamic positioning and liquid cargo simulators, on- and off-shore crane simulators,...
https://safety4sea.com/new-marine-simulator-centre-considered-key-to-uk-maritime-2050/
Kongsberg Digital has signed a contract to deliver two new K-Sim Full Mission Bridge simulators at the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) HMAS Watson Bridge Simulator Facility in Watsons Bay, Sydney, Australia. The project is added to Kongsberg’s service delivery contracts with the RAN, which includes multiple shiphandling and engine room simulators delivered at training facilities across the country.
The requirement for expansion and intensification of RAN’s training program is the result of a...
https://safety4sea.com/australian-navy-to-receive-two-new-ships-bridge-simulators/
Building better training simulators for sailors on surface ships is a key initiative that the US Navy is carrying out. This comes as the Navy implements recommendations following the deadly USS John S. McCain and USS Fitzgerald collisions, according to Adm. William Moran, vice chief of naval operations.
During a maritime security discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, Adm. William Moran said he is optimistic with the progress of the implementation, and...
https://safety4sea.com/us-navy-focused-on-creating-better-training-simulators/