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Friday, May 1, 2015

Mexico chooses Kongsberg Maritime simulators for offshore training

Kongsberg Maritime announced that their simulators have been selected to enhance offshore training capabilities in the Gulf of Mexico. On behalf of the Mexican government, the educational institution FIDENA chose the company’s offshore simulators for the Marine Education Center in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche.

Appointed by Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, FIDENA is the educational institution in charge of managing, organizing and developing the formal education of all seafarers in Mexico. According to Kongsberg, FIDENA has garnered widespread international recognition and plans to secure its position through the signing of a contract with Kongsberg Maritime for the supply of K-Sim DP (Dynamic Positioning simulators) and K-Sim Offshore (offshore vessel simulators).

The new simulators will allow FIDENA instructors to provide training on operations relating to the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico, with improved capabilities for the simulation of DP, anchor handling, ship handling and navigation for a full range of offshore units from support ships to oil production and storage vessels.

The delivery includes Kongsberg Maritime's K-Sim Offshore Simulator with forward and aft bridges for a wide range of offshore operations such as ship handling and maneuvering, anchor handling and DP Class B. The K-Sim solution is equipped with bridge consoles to accommodate different vessel types, in addition to hydrodynamic ship models and area databases (sailing areas) covering navigable waters in key offshore operating areas, the statement said.