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The Ultimate Training Experience

Our Full Mission Shiphandling Simulator (FMSS) provides versatile and realistic ship simulation for deck watch officer, bridge team, and pilot training; plus IMO/STCW assessment and maritime research. Ship Analytics’ FMSS simulators are used by academies, port authorities, and navies around the globe for teaching basic rules of the road, underway replenishment, low speed maneuvering, search & rescue, and naval tactics.

The large size wheelhouse contains bridge equipment for ship control, collision avoidance, navigation, communications, and emergency procedures. Real or simulated Radar/ARPA and a suite of electronic navigation aids, such as GPS and Loran-C, may be included in a custom configuration to meet specific training missions.

High resolution textured visual scenes of harbors, aids to navigation, and ships contribute to the simulation's realism. These color visual scenes can be set for day or night, and include limited visibility conditions. Validated ownship hydrodynamic models ensure realistic six degrees of freedom motion. Maneuvering in restricted (or confined) waterways, docking and undocking, mooring, and tug operations are additional capabilities of the system.

The simulator also provides realistic ownship, traffic ship, and environmental sounds. The performance monitoring, exercise replays, performance feedback, and instructional aids support both the instructor and the student learning experience. Optional FMSS equipment include a simulated GMDSS System, an Integrated Bridge System, and a cargo handling station as well as electronic charts, ECDIS, and even tactical displays.

Training Capabilities include:

• Ship Maneuvering and Tactics
• Collision Avoidance
• Docking/Undocking
• Transiting Shallow Waters
• Shiphandling in Various Sea & Weather
• Navigation in Confined/Restricted Waterways
• Entering/Leaving Harbors and Ports
• Blind Pilotage (radar only)
• Use of Navigation Aids

Features:

• Full complement of conventional & touch-action bridge equipment
• IMO-compliant simulated Radar/ARPA, GMDSS & electronic navigation aids
• High-capacity, high-resolution, textured visual scene with six degrees of freedom
• Up to 360 degree display
• Library of validated ownship hydrodynamic models
• Realistic appearance of traffic ships, aids to navigation & cultural objects
• Multiple-ownship, tugboat & mooring/docking interaction
• Shallow water, bank, channel, passing & mooring effects
• Library of harbors & waterways
• Instructor-controlled student monitoring & performance measurement features