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(marinelink.com) With a new simulator in full operation, SCI helps mariners complete assessments previously only available in large class settings or in the real world when exact conditions could be met on the water. The simulator offers affordable one-on-one assessments to help meet individualized training goals, obtaining credentials for licenses, and radar recertification. For mariners … Continue reading “SCI Simulator Offers One-on-One Training”

(marinelink.com) Region’s newest maritime center to showcase room-sized simulators, and training and industry docks As San Jacinto College prepares to break ground to build the region’s newest maritime training facility, some of the industry’s most sought after training technology has arrived and is awaiting its new home. The college recently received three interactive, full-mission, ship … Continue reading “San Jacinto College to Build Maritime Training Center”

(marinelink.com) BMT Consultants India (BMT), an international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announced a partnership with Bibby Ship Management to deliver training for marine pilots. Based at Bibby’s state of the art training center at St Xavier’s Technical Institute in Mumbai, the new partnership will utilize BMT’s REMBRANDT marine maneuvering simulator. Operating directly … Continue reading “Marine Pilot Training Partnership Announced”

(bymnews.com) Palma de Mallorca: Six months after the initial installation of a classroom of NAUTIS Desktop Trainers, the Aigua Sea School in Mallorca has placed a follow-up order to further expand its simulator training capacity. The follow-up order for NAUTIS simulators was placed after positive feedback from both students and instructors about the ease of … Continue reading “Spain: Aigua Sea School expands maritime simulator capacity”

(marinelink.com) SCI begins a massive rebuild of its Paducah, Ky. simulators used to train mariners for safety on the water. The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has signed a contract with Kongsberg Maritime for a complete overhaul of important maritime simulator technology at its Center for Maritime Education campus in Paducah, Ky. Installation begins in August … Continue reading “Kongsberg to Overhaul Seamen’s Church Simulators”

Grant helps MMA pay for simulator system, refuel training ship BUZZARDS BAY “” With a $1 million grant from the sale of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Massachusetts Maritime Academy plans to upgrade its simulation system and chip into its training ship’s refueling bill. The academy, like each of the nation’s five … Continue reading “Grant helps MMA pay for simulator system”

(marinelink.com) What does a new year of training look like at SCI? With a new simulator in full operation, SCI helps individual mariners complete assessments previously only available in large class settings or in the real world when exact conditions could be met on the water. The Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) Center for Maritime Education … Continue reading “SCI Simulator Offers One-on-one Training”

(vstep.nl) A NAUTIS Desktop Trainer classroom and two class A NAUTIS FMB simulators were purchased by the Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology (KIMFT) in Busan, South Korea. All simulators are part of the upgraded maritime simulator training wing at the Busan Campus. The KIMFT was formed in 1998 from the merger of the … Continue reading “KIMFT purchases NAUTIS FMB simulators and desktop classroom”

(marinelink.com) Resolve Maritime Academy recently completed its installation of Transas engine room simulator platform, the ERS 5000 TechSim. As part of the Academy’s Simulation Training Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the engine room has booked classes for January 2014. The ERS 5000 TechSim has allowed Resolve Maritime Academy to expand its course offerings to engineers … Continue reading “Resolve Maritime Academy Opens Engine Room Simulator”

(marinelink.com) Kongsberg Maritime informs that its latest version of K-Sim DP, a Dynamic Positioning (DP) Manoeuvring simulator, has received Class A Certification from Det Norske Veritas (DNV). This makes it compliant with the highest DNV standard for DP simulators according to Standard of Certification of Maritime Simulators number 2.14 (January 2011). The manufacturers explain that … Continue reading “Kongsberg’s New DP Simulator DNV Certified”