SAAM Terminals has inaugurated Chile’s most advanced training simulator which features a virtual reality system, at San Vicente Terminal Internacional (SVTI).
As announced, the equipment will help train and retrain operators at the Biobío Region terminal with a high-tech virtual reality system. Due to its mobile structure, the system can be used in the future at other company terminals. The simulator will work as a training tool to teach new crane operators and retrain existing personnel.
Furthermore, the system uses exercises that incorporate dynamic variables like weather conditions, the presence of people in the operation, vessel mobility and other critical factors for port operations.
It can also simulate the forces and movements of real machines, changing environments (rain, wind, swells, ship movements) and sounds.
In addition, four crane operators have already been trained in Canada and will be in charge of training their colleagues on the STS and MHC systems.
Juan Pablo Santibáñez, General Manager, SVTI, said the equipment offers “an unprecedented level of graphic and sensory realism. It is the most technologically advanced in Chile and among the most advanced in Latin America. This year, we plan to train or retrain 20 people.”
