- programmed into the system currently are 45 different vessels, ranging in size from small fishing boats to high-speed ferries to mega-containerships
- there isn’t an imaginable maritime scenario that can’t be programmed into the computer
- a simulator comes as close to replicating a ship’s bridge as any in operation today globally
- with constant satellite updates, the system can even identify ships resting at assigned anchorages
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The simulator
Different vessels in the fleet
Programmed into the system currently are 45 different vessels, ranging in size from small fishing boats to high-speed ferries to mega-containerships. To date, students can “captain” this fleet into 16 different geographic areas, including Los Angeles/Long Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Singapore.
To visually ascertain navigation
Adding to the simulator’s realism are giant video displays arrayed across 270 degrees, so student skippers can look beyond their instruments and information screens to ascertain visually what they’re navigating through and to – just like from the height of an authentic wheelhouse.
Simulator’s purpose
There isn’t an imaginable maritime scenario that can’t be programmed into the computer. Vicente can input ship traffic, threatening collisions, or career-ending groundings. In case of accidental groundings or collisions, the simulator will stop the simulation. Despite its 21st century sophistication, it will not contact insurance carriers.
Satellite updates
With constant satellite updates, the system can even identify ships resting at assigned anchorages in Long Beach Harbor, or any of the 65 giant freighters currently backlogged at anchor from Long Beach/LA down to Huntington Beach, while awaiting docking instructions.
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Source: Newport Beach Independent
