The new facility joins Kongsberg Maritime's world wide training network, which includes centres at Aberdeen UK, Busan in South Korea, Houston USA, Manilla in the Philippines, Macae in Brazil, Singapore and the UAE. The company provides in depth training courses on a wide range of disciplines from automation, DP and navigation systems to process simulation, survey equipment and marine data management.

'It is vital that we provide training for our customers' employees to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the sophisticated solutions that we supply, said the company's executive vice president Ole Gunnar Hvamb. 'We are dedicated to making our training available to all who need it and this new facility at Bekkajordet will help us to meet the high demand for product training that we are currently experiencing due to the excellent performance of our products in the market.'

Like all Kongsberg Maritime training centres, the new Bekkajordet facility consists of modern comfortable classrooms equipped with the same computers and consoles found onboard. Extensive computer simulation provides a realistic training environment ensuring that the students become familiar with system operation and the handling of emergencies.