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Maritime safety specialist Propel finds that human element continues to be a huge contributor factor to major accidents and recommends ways for the industry to change its focus when it comes to improving maritime safety. Despite the continuing downward trend in total vessel losses, the risk of major accidents has increased due to higher potential consequences due to increased ship sizes and complexities of operations increase.

WinGD announced that installed its W-Xpert Full Mission Simulator, for training complete engine room crews, at the Marine Power Academy Training Centre of Hudong Heavy Machinery, in Shanghai, China. The simulator joins a network of some 20 further installations at strategic locations around the world.

Kongsberg Digital AS donated the K-Sim Engine Room Simulator to the WMU Maritime Risk and System Safety Lab. The simulator will enable training in every aspect of the complex behavior of an engine room, from single sub- and auxiliary systems to the overall running of the operation.

Liverpool John Moores University’s Maritime Centre launched a new portfolio of Standards on Training, Certification and Watchkeeping and bespoke training courses, which covers courses for all ranks of commercial ships, super yachts and workboats, utilising the Centre’s existing and new bridge, engine and communication simulators.

Kongsberg Digital and Simwave B.V. have formed a strategic partnership and signed a contract, according to which Kongsberg will provide its maritime simulator technology to Simwave. Kongsberg will partner for the development of a new facility that delivers maritime simulation as a service.

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is expanding its maritime simulator facility at HMAS Watson, Sydney with the addition of new KONGSBERG ship-handling and navigation simulators and the integration of a new visual display system for its existing bridge simulator.

Kongsberg Maritime has completed the delivery and installation of a suite of new bridge simulators for Indonesia's Ministry of Transportation. The new simulators at the Ministry's Maritime Training Centre, located at its headquarters in Jakarta, will be used for the assessment of Indonesian seafarers applying for seagoing certification, for local and international operations.

Addressing the global maritime simulation and training community at the Transas Simulation User Conference, Transas CEO Frank Coles said that training needs to be geared towards cross discipline operations abd introduced THESIS, the Transas Harmonised Eco System of Integrated Solutions.

Kongsberg Maritime has released its latest K-Sim Cargo simulator model, SCC-II, based on a Suezmax crude oil carrier with 12 cargo tanks and two slop tanks, The new simulator model enables integrated, real-time exercises based on actual ship specifications and performance data on liquid cargo handling operations

IMO Secretary General Mr. Koji Sekimizu inaugurated the new