Ship Operations Simulator

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This simulator is used to conduct training programmes in bridge operations including high-speed navigation. It fully meets the requirements of Section A - 1/12 of the STCW95 Code, Performance Standards for simulators used in training and in assessment of competence.

Uses and training programmes include:

• High speed craft operations to 60 knots
• Collision avoidance and navigation in confined waters in clear and reduced visibility
• Bridge Team Management
• Bridge watchkeeping procedures
• Navigation and Pilotage with Vessel Traffic Services (VTS)
• The use of radar, ARPA and navigational equipment including electronic charts, GPS, Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) and LOng RAnge Navigation C (LORAN-C)
• Marine casualty investigation

Ship models range from Very Large Crude Carrier's (VLCC's) to high and ultra high-speed ferries. Port and open sea areas include major areas of traffic convergence such as Sydney Harbour, Port Phillip Bay, Torres and Malacca Straits.

Specifications:

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Six 'own-ship' cubicles, fitted with a 120° horizontal field of view and day/night visual system (incorporating facilities for taking visual bearings and switchable through 360°) and each equipped with ARPA, radar, nautical publications and electronic charts, GPS/DGPS and LORAN-C. One cubicle has a second ARPA radar (Kelvin Hughes Nucleus 3) and can be configured to operate as a VTS centre receiving radar coverage from up to four remote stations.

The Ship Operations and Shiphandling Simulators operate with common hardware and software, a common database and can be linked providing a simulation system with a high degree of flexibility and application such as ship-to-ship cargo transfer at sea and port evacuation procedures.