W?rtsil? Oil Spill Response Simulator

The oil spill functionality in the NTPRO 5000 navigational simulator enables response vessel crew to develop the following skills:

• Response vessel formations, manoeuvring and communication;
• Controlling oil booms, skimmers, busters and oil barges.

The modelling of response objects such as booms and busters is based on the manufacturers’ equipment data. Speed and sea state limits are also accounted for.
There are three different NOFI busters currently available: ocean, harbour and current buster. Busters can be operated either by two vessels or by a single vessel using a boom vane. The correct speed, with consideration of the actual sea state, is vital for a successful operation, and these factors are realistically simulated. Likewise, poor handling of booms results in leakage. Interaction with various objects is modelled as well; for instance, dangerous objects will deflate booms and cause leakage. Vessels can deploy skimmers for oil collection.
The behavioural realism is aided by the spill’s visual appearance, which depends on the amount of spilled oil and the type of oil spill.

The NTPRO 5000 has been designed in full compliance with the following standards:

• International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW 2010)
• IMO model courses
• International SOLAS Convention
• OPRC Convention (International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation)
• The NTPRO 5000 simulator is approved by DNV (with the following class notation: INTEGRATED SIMULATOR SYSTEM, NAUT AW (SIM), DYNPOS – AUT (SIM), HSC, TUG, ICE, AHTS, Class A Standard for the Certification of Maritime Simulators No. 2.14)