Simwave B.V. and Kongsberg Digital have completed the Site Acceptance Test (SAT) of one of the largest maritime simulation suites ever delivered. This means that the new Simwave Maritime Center of Excellence in Barendrecht, Rotterdam is now fully operational.
Kongsberg Digital delivered the full scope of work in compliance with the contract awarded in April 2017. Following the SAT, all technical aspects of the delivery, a new floor projection system and an integrated engine room, are operational.
A hotel facility on the top floor of the building for customers and trainees, is also on the plan for the Simwave project, enabling training to take place 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.
“The first training courses have already been successfully accomplished and the response to the Simwave service and the KONGSBERG simulators has been wholly positive,” Kongsberg Digital noted.
Kongsberg Digital’s full simulator scope of supply for the Simwave facility includes full-mission and part-task simulators for ship’s bridge and engine room operations, based on the latest simulator technology platforms. The contract also has a five year Long Term System Support Program (LTSSP) to ensure support and access to technology updates, in addition to a mid-life upgrade at end of the LTSSP.
The Simwave on-site hotel in Rotterdam is planned be completed during the second of 2018, with the location of the second Simwave centre expected to be announced at the end of the year.
Earlier in January, Kongsberg Digital received DNV-GL statements of compliance for two Engine Room Simulator models, designed to provide training on the K-Sim Engine simulator platform.
