Kongsberg Digital has actually won an agreement with Turkish shipowners and also drivers Güngen Maritime & & Trading A/S for shipment of a K-Sim Cargo Handling Simulator, interfaced to an actual KONGSBERG K-Chief 600 aquatic automation system. This comes ten years after Kongsberg Digital originally provided Güngen with a comparable simulator, interfaced to the KONGSBERG K-Chief 500 aquatic automation system.
The K-Sim Cargo simulator design duplicates a contemporary Suezmax petroleum vessel, mirroring the format and also spec of Güngen’s very own vessels. Operating in tandem with the K-Chief 600, the incorporated system will certainly be utilized by Güngen to enhance the firm’s regimens for freight handling in addition to for training, screening and also validating the proficiency of the company’s team.
Upon shipment, the high-performance simulator system will certainly have a similar number and also quantity of cargo/ballast storage tanks as Güngen’s actual petroleum vessels, while all pumps and also pipes will certainly have the exact same qualities. Inert gas and also freight heating unit depictions will certainly additionally be consisted of. All substitute devices and also capability will certainly give the exact same reaction to the team as they will certainly experience when making use of the actual systems after they come on board. In enhancement to the K-Chief 600 user interface, the simulator design will certainly additionally consist of a ballast water therapy control system.
The simulator system will certainly be set up at the shipowners’ workplace. New staff members will certainly undertake inner simulator training prior to joining to the firm’s vessels, and also the training will certainly decrease the overlap time required aboard when brand-new staff members join.
“We have had a very positive experience in training crews on simulators integrated with the same equipment as is found on board our tankers,” claimsCapt Tugrul Vural, in charge of taking care of Güngen’s training facility. “Back in 2008, we bought a KONGSBERG simulator integrated with KONGSBERG’s K-Chief 500 to train our crews and improve our routines. Since this approach has been hugely successful, it was natural for us to come back to KONGSBERG when we needed a new type of cargo simulator model with an interface to the latest K-Chief 600.”
“Güngen is a company with high ambitions when it comes to setting and applying the International Standards of Liquid Cargo Transportation,” includes Tone-Merete Hansen,Sr Vice President,Kongsberg Digital “We delight in to be able to provide simulators which are especially adjusted to Güngen’s training and also confirmation requirements, and also are positive that our simulator systems will certainly remain to aid in boosting the safety and security and also sustainability of the firm’s delivery organization.”
Sea News, June 19
