BMT | Vessel Simulator | BMT REMBRANDT | 5-bridge training platform for tugs and ship pilotage

Our advanced 5-bridge training platform for Tugs and Ship Pilotage is launched and is already set to support multi-year training programmes with its state-of-art training facility.
Safe navigation is a priority operating principle for our flagship navigation software technology ‘BMT REMBRANDT’. This month, we demonstrated that commitment with the unveiling of our new, state-of-the-art, 5-bridge marine navigation simulators at its expanded South Coast facility.
Significant investment has been made in developing this new facility and full-mission multi-bridge training centre, and it is an exceptional tool. Comprising a suite of 4 dedicated tug simulators networked to full mission bridge simulator hardware, the facility will provide a state-of-art precision synthetic training platform to support the commercial and naval pilotage markets. Our industry leading BMT REMBRANDT (Real-time Manoeuvring, Berthing and Training) provides the 3D ship hydrodynamic software platform, linked to radar, ECDIS and GMDSS modules, which leads to enabling the software elements for the 360-degree synthetic modelling environment to create a shared, fully-immersive virtual reality simulated experience. BMT REMBRANDT also secured the UKHO’s Admiralty Innovation Prize in 2020 for its upgrade to process and display the next generation of dynamic hydrographic data - IHO S-100.
The new tug simulator suite comprises two DnV Class A tug simulators in fully enclosed, 360-degree tug bridge environments and two Class B simulators providing 270-degree visualisation. All are fully networked with a DnV Class Full Mission Bridge. The BMT REMBRANDT software platform is both IHO S-57 and IHO-S-100-enabled. It also utilises a 3D port hydraulics engine model, which feeds navigation simulations with granular, dynamic water levels and 3D current data, allowing for precision navigation and pilotage simulation and state-of-art training and performance feedback. The facility has already secured multi-year pilot training programmes in the naval markets.
BMT REMBRANDT navigation software systems have been in constant development, and have been supporting the maritime industry, for over 30 years. It is multi-platform enabled from full mission bridge platforms through to desktop and shipboard systems. It is widely field tested by a diverse range of maritime stakeholders including commercial shipping, ports, statutory agencies and defence contractors. Separately, it has amassed over 2,000 man years of operations onboard cruise and LNG vessels to support and augment STCW requirements. It is widely used in incident reconstruction and lessons learned, with statutory agencies licencees including the US NTSB and UK MAIB, who have onboarded as our commercial delivery partners. More recently, the world’s first autonomous navigation assurance was performed on the BMT REMBRANDT Full Mission Bridge on behalf of the UK Naval Authority Group and Navy X.
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What sort of displays do you use in this simulator?