New offshore Supply Vessel Simulator
MARITIME SERVICE: Maersk Training Centre and Maersk Supply Service is taking maritime training to a new leve,l with the new Maersk Offshore Simulation And Innovation Centre, MOSAIC, which features new state-of-the-art simulators.
"We are very pleased with MOSAIC, which is a result of our great cooperation with our partners - Maersk Supply Services and Kongsberg Maritime. It presents a leap in terms of the training we will be able to offer the offshore vessel crews, who are working in very challenging conditions", says Maersk Training Centre's Managing Director Claus Bihl.
It has taken Maersk Training Centre and Maersk Supply Service in cooperation with Kongsberg Maritime several years to develop what is already being recognized as the world's most advanced maritime training system in a purpose-built complex next to Maersk Training Centre's headquarters in Svendborg Denmark.
Initially, MOSAIC will be used to train crews from Maersk Supply Service, the world's leading offshore supply vessel operator, and it is the complex world of offshore operations that will keep the simulators busiest. Anchor handling is a particularly hazardous operation and the lessons learnt in the old suite have resulted in Maersk Supply Service having an enviable safety track record in this field.
"Maersk Supply Service is fully committed to a programme of continuous improvement - and training of our crews to meet the highest safety and operational standards is therefore imperative for us. MOSAIC will enable us to take our anchor handling and dynamic positioning training to the next level and ensure we deliver a first-class performance to our clients", says Maersk Supply Service CEO Carsten Plougmann Andersen.
MOSAIC features a state-of-the-art full-mission bridge with 360 degrees of surround vision and includes three independent satellite simulators which will allow real life scenarios to be conducted. This means that training of the most hazardous operations can be carried out in a totally controlled environment.
Behind the scenes a bank of 100 computers drives every action and creates lifelike working conditions which test the participants to the fullest.
"Our present simulator was driven by 20 computers," says Chief Instructor Tonny Moeller. "The new one has 100, which are a thousand times faster. Every movement, of every rope, every chain is mathematically accurate and visually precise. At present the computer can be set to be operationally specific for 76 different vessels and new vessels can be easily added"
Source: Maersk Training Centre
