SAFETY, SURVIVAL & TRAINING
THREE NEW BOATS FOR MARITIME RESCUE ASSOCIATION The Icelandic Search and Rescue Association (ICE-SAR, Slysavarnafélagið Landsbjörg) has ordered three Search- and Rescue vessels from a Finnish builder In addition, the agreement, with Kewatec, also includes an option for ten additional boats. The value of the contract for the three boats is approximately EUR 5.7 million and the total value of the entire acquisition is approximately ISK 3.7 billion (EUR 25 million). The contract was digitally signed by both parties via remote connections on 1 July 2021. The ceremony for the signing of the contract will take place in August this year, when all the parties involved in the project will meet in Iceland and celebrate this major milestone. The vessels are approximately 17 metres long, fast, selfrighting Kewatec Serecraft SAR17 Search- and Rescue vessels. Their construction will begin in Kokkola at the end of October, the first vessel will be delivered at the end of June next year, the second at the end of next year and the third in the third quarter of 2023.
Congratulations to all of us and many thanks to Kewatec for being very effective in completing the agreement
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The renewal of the three ships will cost approximately EUR 5.7 million. Half of the project is covered by the Icelandic State. In addition, 10 vessels are planned to be renewed in the fleet in the next few years, as options in this agreement. “We are really happy that we have finally reached this stage, when the contract has been signed and the big project will
get started,” said Örn Smárason, Project Manager Maritime SAR from ICE-SAR. “At the same time, we look forward to the next phase when we get to build ships,” he continues. “Congratulations to all of us and many thanks to Kewatec for being very effective in completing the agreement.” Search and Rescue Association Slysavarnafélagið Landsbjörg, ICE-SAR is a national association of rescue units and accident prevention divisions. Its member organisations include 99 rescue units, 70 accident prevention units, women’s sections and 50 youth units. The association has a total of approximately 10,000 volunteers and operates in most Icelandic cities.
8 Kewatec Serecraft SAR17 Search and Rescue vessel
Navigational simulator feat
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8 Wärtsilä Voyage’s NTPRO navigational simulator now has DNV Class D certification
Photo: Wärtsilä Voyage
A navigational simulator has become the first interactive ‘instructor-led’ cloud training solution to gain new DNV Class D certification. Wärtsilä Voyage’s NTPRO (Navi-Trainer Professional 5000) navigational simulator has attained certification according to the new DNV Class D standard for cloud-based simulators — making it the first certified cloud solution that offers both interactive instructor-led and student-led training. With this, the navigational simulator now has full compliance (Class A, B, C, D) with DNV’s ST-0033 Maritime Simulator Systems standard. “The Class D cloud simulator standards are essentially the same as the Class C classroom simulator standards,” said Johan Ekvall, head of product, simulation and training at Wärtsilä Voyage. “Since we use
the same technology platforms in our Cloud Simulation solutions as we do for physical classroom Class C simulators, and provide both instructor-led as well as self-directed exercises, we already had all the necessary functional to meet and exceed the simulator standards for STCW as well as more advanced training applications.”
Wärtsilä Cloud solutions are certified to provide both the interactive exercise control required for mandatory (STCW) training and examination, as well as the self-directed detached exercise and assessment that can be undertaken to enhance or supplement Instructor controlled simulations. Together these simulation solutions and associated value-added services equip the training providers with all the tools needed to develop effective and targeted blended learning courses that can be considered for flag or other industry approvals. “The new standard for cloud training only further facilitates realisation of the value created by remote simulation and learning,” added Ekvall.
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