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KMU Establishes Maritime Affairs Simulator Complex
Equipped with the First High-Tech System in Korea
Chemical Tanker Navigation Training Center also to Be Built
KMU Students are training with the ship-handling simulator at the existing Marine Simulation Center. (Photo supplied by the KMU)
The nation's first comprehensive ship-handling simulation system that enables all sorts of ship handling education at the same site will be built at Korea Maritime University. KMU will also have a simulation center for training in the handling of fluid-transporting chemical tankers. New systems are expected to contribute substantially to training and supplying domestic marine experts .
The groundbreaking ceremony for Integrated Maritime Affairs Simulator Complex and Chemical Tanker Training Center was held in the morning of August 23 at the university's Dongsam-dong campus and was attended by the university president Oh Geo-don, Hur Nam-sik, Mayor of Busan, and Roh Ki-tae, CEO of Busan Port Authority as well as many residents. The simulator complex will commence operations at the end of this year, while Chemical Tanker Training Center is scheduled to open next September.
For the new Maritime Affairs Simulator Complex that has an area of 6,600㎡, new equipment such as freight management simulator, fluid cargo simulator, and ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) Education System will be added to the existing Marine Simulation Center, which currently operates a vessel simulation device (vessel ․ engine handling simulator), automatic radar tracking device, etc.
As part of the project, KMU will bring in the world's most-advanced vessel simulation device this coming November. The university said that the device, which will be built with a DPS (Dynamic Positioning System) applicable to offshore plant operation, North and South Pole route navigation and the nation's first 3D Stereoscopic Images Simulation System, will enhance diversity and efficiency of training. The government fund of 3.5 billion Korean Won (USD 3.14 million) will be used to purchase this device from Russia, which is ranked first in the market share in this field.
The Chemical Tanker Training Center, which has an area of 990㎡, is going to operate the fluid cargo simulator donated by the All Japan Seaman's Union (AJSU) and the International Mariners Management Association of Japan (IMMAJ). The simulator, which is worth 6 billion Korean Won (USD 5.4 million), consists of the hull simulator with loading/unloading facility of the 12,000-ton class chemical tanker and the computer simulator utilizing virtual reality.
(Based on the article published in the Kukje Daily News on Aug. 24, 2010 and translated by the students taking at the Dept. of English Language and Literature)
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