Kongsberg Maritime has announced that its Polaris Dynamic Positioning simulator has become the first of its type to achieve DNV approval to the stringent Class A standard.
The Norway-based simulator developer has also achieved DNV approval to Class A standards for its bridge operation simulator including class notification of DP, ice navigation, high speed craft and tug simulation.
The new DNV certification for the Kongsberg Maritime Polaris Dynamic Positioning simulator and Polaris Ships Bridge simulator is according to new standards laid out in DNV Class A – Standard for Certification of Maritime Simulators No. 2, October 14, 2007, which is based on the requirements of STCW Convention, Regulation I/12.
The purpose of the DNV Class A approval is to ensure that the simulations provided by the simulators include an appropriate level of physical and behavioural realism in accordance with recognised training and assessment objectives.
"The Class A standard was developed as the pinnacle in simulation realism and quality," explained Captain Aksel D. Nordholm, Manager – Simulator Certification, DNV SeaSkillT.
"The new Class A approvals reflect the high levels of simulator realism and pedagogical value in the Polaris DP and the Polaris Ship's Bridge Simulator."
The latest approvals, which were awarded on October 8, 2009, come in addition to existing DNV Class A approvals for the Polaris Ship Simulator and the large portfolio of cutting edge Kongsberg Maritime engine room simulators, which became the first to achieve DNV approval to Class A standard, in January 2008.
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