The world’s largest offshore industry marine simulated training centre was today opened at Bibra Lake by Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
The Farstad Shipping Offshore Simulation Centre is part of Norwegian company Farstad Shipping ASA, which has a long association with the Australian oil and gas industry and currently has 28 offshore support vessels in the Australasian region.
Farstad, in collaboration with Rolls Royce Marine, Aalesund University and Marintek, established Offshore Simulator Centre AS in 2004, which went on to develop the world’s first integrated offshore operations simulator.
The main feature of the centre is the two vessel bridges stacked on top of each other, integrated with an engine room simulator, two able seamen deck simulators, an offshore oil rig crane simulator, an offshore oil rig anchor winch simulator, and an oil rig deck simulator.
The simulators will be available to the offshore and shipping industries and can be used, individually or integrated, for training individuals and vessel crews, to introduce students to the offshore maritime industry and to improve skills of experienced crews.
