Admiral Makarov SUMIS has participated in International Conference of Transas simulators users. The Conference held in Singapore attracted over 250 participants from more than 50 countries.

It is worth noting that Transas simulators are used in 90 countries, and the company occupies about 35% of the world market of maritime simulators, reaching 50% in some categories.

There are more than 5.5 thousand of Transas simulators totally in use, and just St. Petersburg division of Transas Simulation employs about 200 staff.

At the Conference more than 40 presentations were given on experience of using maritime simulators in training of ships crews, as well as on innovations in educational technologies.

The University made a presentation “Training for Ships Operating in Polar Waters – Are There Boundaries of Cooperation?”

The presentation received positive feedback from the Conference participants. Reference was made to experience of Admiral Makarov SUMIS in training of specialists for operation at ice conditions, as well as significant progress in effective use of task specific simulators for training of navigators and ship engineers.

Presentation by S.D. Aysinov, Director of PDP Institute of the Makarov Training Centre at Admiral Makarov SUMIS.

Admiral Makarov SUMIS has been cooperating with Transas company almost since its founding, that is, for about 25 years. First simulator (GMDSS) was installed at the Makarov Training Centre (MTC) in 1994. It was ‘Makarov’ where training in use of electronic chart displays on Transas simulator started in 1996 for the first time in Russia. In 1997 Transas with assistance from OAO Sovkomflot commissioned in Admiral Makarov Academy (now University) first in Russia full-scale navigational NT Pro simulator with a system of daylight and night visualization.

Currently Transas simulators are successfully used in training and re-training of cadets and industry specialists in the Makarov Training Centre. Annually more than 15 thousand people are trained here, and for the PDP Institute as a whole the figure exceeds 20 thousand.

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The Makarov  Training Centre is one of the leading divisions of the Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping. The Centre provides internationally recognized vocational training of cadets and students of the University, ship crews, wide range of maritime and oil and gas industry professionals from Russia, neighbouring and distant foreign countries. Training quality at the Makarov TC at SUMIS is recognised by Maritime Administrations of Russia, Liberia, Marshall Islands, leading Classification Societies, IQNet , The Nautical Institute and other credible national and international organisations.

Navigators training for operation in polar waters at SUMIS is accredited by Class NK – one of the world’s leading Classification societies (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK) and the Administration of the Marshall Islands.