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Simulators Secure DNV Approval

20 Mar 2008

A total of 26 Kongsberg Maritime Neptune Engine Room Simulators (ERS) and Cargo Handling Simulators (CHS) have received a new Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Statement of Compliance this year according to new standards laid out in DNV Class A, Standard for Certification of Maritime Simulators No. 2.14 October 2007, which is based on the requirements of STCW Convention, Regulation I/12.
Neptune simulators can be deployed on desktops, via the web, or in full mission configurations.
Neptune simulators can be deployed on desktops, via the web, or in full mission configurations.

The purpose of the approval is to ensure that the simulations provided  include an appropriate level of physical and behavioural realism in accordance with recognised training and assessment objectives.

Approvals include engine room simulators for smaller vessels such as inland waterway craft, trawlers, ferries and MPVs.

The new approvals, which are valid to January 2013, were awarded to Kongsberg Maritime's Neptune Simulators, with 18 ERS and 8 CHS models achieving the stringent new performance standards.

Kongsberg Maritime has been supplying its Neptune ERS and CHS to training organisations around the world for 30 years. Neptune has become a popular ERS and CHS solution due to its high fidelity simulation and flexibility, derived from the sheer number of models available and the various ways in which it can be deployed, such as desktop, web-enabled or full mission configurations.

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Neptune simulators can be deployed on desktops, via the web, or in full mission configurations.

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