European Maritime Simulator Network EMSN issues open call for all mariners to participate in a joint simulation activity.
Why?
The European Maritime Simulator Network (EMSN), aims at improving the exchange of information and route guidance in maritime transport and at reducing waiting times in ports. This network allows testing of Sea Traffic Management in complex traffic situations during port approaches.
The network is looking for captains, pilots and ship officers to support their next simulation runs. Simulations across the network help validate new services and functions that will give mariners a broader picture and better decision support during a sea transit.
When?
Take one day either February 6-9 or March 13-16 and take charge of a bridge in Hamburg. The registrations are open through this site http://stmvalidation.eu/emsn-simulation-campaign/.
The baseline simulations gather data about the interaction, behaviour and stress level of the participating personnel, and the gathered data will be compared with future scenarios including STM services to evaluate what impact such services have on safety and behaviour. One more baseline scenario week will be held in February, followed by another week of exercises with the new STM services in March.
What participants say?
One of the participants of the simulations in November 2017, Georgios Georgopoulos, chief officer at Blue Star Ferries, shares his thoughts. “I am interested in new technology related to my profession and want to be a part of the future so therefore I applied to participate in test runs of the European Maritime Simulator Network EMSN. I had just signed off my shift on board and travelled directly to Sweden. It has been a good experience to participate and get a picture of another part of the industry. This first exercise was fairly easy, but the second one more complicated due to the amount of traffic. 28 ships participated in the exercise, which made it really realistic!”
The STM test beds will include 300 ships, 13 ports and 5 shore centres and EMSN.
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Source: Korean Register
