Cargo and ballast simulators - Kongsberg Maritime
Cargo and ballast simulators - Kongsberg Maritime
Cargo and ballast simulators - Kongsberg Maritime
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“Co-located with our <strong>Kongsberg</strong> liquid cargo simulator, the <strong>Kongsberg</strong> 2-DOF full mission <strong>ballast</strong> control room<br />
simulator <strong>and</strong> related fi ve part-task desktop <strong>simulators</strong> have been in operation since 1994. The installed<br />
mathematical model of the semi-submersible mobile off shore drilling unit (MODU) forms part of our<br />
off shore training markets. With instructor control <strong>and</strong> full remote monitoring of the simulator, the system<br />
covers all <strong>ballast</strong> control room training requirements for our customers.<br />
These <strong>Kongsberg</strong> <strong>simulators</strong> have served CMS well over the past fi fteen years <strong>and</strong> our Centre is now<br />
planning to upgrade both the full mission <strong>and</strong> desktop versions to complement our full suite of <strong>Kongsberg</strong><br />
cargo h<strong>and</strong>ling, bridge <strong>and</strong> engine room <strong>simulators</strong>.”<br />
Capt. Christopher Hearn, Director, The Centre for Marine Simulation, Fisheries <strong>and</strong> Marine Institute of Memorial University,<br />
Newfoundl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Labrador, Canada<br />
Ballast control<br />
H<strong>and</strong>ling of a Semi-Submersible Platform is a dem<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> complex<br />
task. Technical, commercial, environmental <strong>and</strong> safety requirements<br />
will always represent important - <strong>and</strong> often confl icting factors that<br />
have to be dealt with during the platform operations.<br />
This can put immense pressure on the personnel involved <strong>and</strong> it<br />
raises an unquestionable dem<strong>and</strong> for underst<strong>and</strong>ing the systems <strong>and</strong><br />
training for such.<br />
The purpose of the KONGSBERG’s <strong>ballast</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ling simulator is to<br />
provide a training tool that gives a realistic replication of the dynamic<br />
behavior of a Mobile drilling platform for <strong>ballast</strong> <strong>and</strong> position keeping<br />
systems. In this manner, knowledge in <strong>ballast</strong> control can be<br />
acquired without hazardous <strong>and</strong> devastating consequences.<br />
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