Collaboration Manoeuvres PC Rembrandt Into High-Speed Navigation

The increasing prevalence of high-speed craft in today's ports is magnifying the risks associated with navigation in congested waters. Operators of high-speed craft require the essential ability to assess navigational risks in realistic port environments.

Addressing this requirement BMT SeaTech Ltd continues to develop PC Rembrandt, the real and fast time ship-handling and manoeuvring simulator. This latest development is in collaboration with Rolls-Royce AB and will create an advanced mathematical model for waterjet propulsion systems. As the world's most adopted ship-borne simulator system, PC Rembrandt will now allow the advantages of vessel familiarisation, manoeuvre rehearsal, passage planning and officer training, including type rating, to be available to operators of high-speed craft.

BMT and Rolls-Royce enjoy a long-standing relationship that benefits from an innovative approach to the application of marine simulation for training service and installation engineers. By understanding how the controls affect a vessel’s manoeuvring the engineers are then in a better position to work with the ship operators and officers when on board, servicing and calibrating the control systems.

Anders Bengtsson, Senior Training Manager at Rolls-Royce says: "We are pleased to continue to work with BMT and its simulator, which is giving us and our service representatives good knowledge about Rolls-Royce AB's propellers. We hope we will get the same result with a waterjet simulator."

Simon Burnay, Manoeuvring Simulation Products Manager at BMT SeaTech, comments: "Our work and relationship with Rolls-Royce will ensure that PC Rembrandt continues to be at the forefront of ship-handling simulation technology and extend its benefits to officers or operators of high-speed craft."