New simulator for Jan De Nul

The new simulator is designed for interactive training of FPV operations in realistic conditions. It provides training facilities for a wide range of operators and skills including the fall pipe operator, surveyor, operations’ superintendent and the ship’s electrician.

All the monitoring and control functions are operated from dedicated consoles equal to the ones on board a vessel. For this, Tree C Technology will source the equipment from the original manufacturers, Ingeteam and Seatools.

The first part of the project will focus on the production process – control by the fall pipe operator of the stones’ flow and control of the fall pipe and fall pipe ROV position. The second part includes the building up and breaking up processes of the fall pipe – managing the pipe storage area and inserting or removing successive pipe pieces to build up or break up the desired fall pipe assembly.

Jan De Nul will use the FPV simulator for personnel training of its fall pipe vessel Joseph Plateau and sister vessel Simon Stevin.

With a rock capacity of 31,500 tonnes, the company says these fall pipe rock dumping vessels are the largest of their kind in the world and two of the few vessel equipped for rock dumping in water depths of 2,000m.

In the future, the facility can be extended to a full mission simulator, including the Work Class ROV operator and DP operator tasks.

Delivery is scheduled for August 2015.