The Port of Tilbury’s award-winning Logistics Training Academy in cooperation with the Tilbury on the Thames Trust (TTT) welcomed the arrival of a new ‘fully immersive’ training simulator as part of the ‘Attention to Logistics’ training programme.
The ‘Attention to Logistics’ training programme was launched last year by the Trust, to focus on the veteran community, helping ex-service men and women and their families back into work through the logistics sector.
Utilising 13 screens and 270 degree views, the Vortex simulator provides full simulation of all the major crane and straddle operational components such as motion, cable and lifting systems, and lift apparatus. It will provide new operators with a learning environment featuring industrial controls and realistic working terminal scenarios.
The simulator will also provide experience and operational information that prepares them for learning on a real terminal. In addition, the Vortex simulator can be used to train operators how to react to operational hazards that cannot be safely trained for on a real operational terminal, such as overloads, bad weather, and equipment failures.
The Trust has also purchased a second simulator which is already in use as part of the Academy’s state of the art technology suite. This training simulator has a full four screen surround and touch panel screen setup. With the Veterans programme in mind, the TTT specified the simulator to be equipped with Front Loading Shovel, Counter Balanced Forklift and HGV Truck with Trailer simulation software. In addition, the simulator is also VR ready with the necessary programmes and cabling being fitted for the future addition of Oculus Rift VR equipment.
