A short tour of the Seven Oceans Simulator centre

Bridge simulators have always played an important role in MARIN’s portfolio - a crucial link between the operational concept and the actual operation on board. This link is even stronger now with the Seven Oceans Simulator centre (SOSc). State-of-the-art simulators offer unprecedented possibilities to simulate all aspects of operations at sea and to give the human operator a central stage.
The ‘working horses’ of the SOSc are the two large ship simulators, the Large Motion Simulator (LMS) and the Full Mission Bridge (FMB). And certainly, the Large Motion Simulator is on an impressive scale. This is truly a one-of-a-kind facility, consisting of a ship’s bridge fitted on a motion base assembly. Uniquely, the bridge is surrounded by a spherical screen on which the outside world is projected. This gives a very large vertical field of view which makes it possible to see the quay directly next to the ship when mooring.