The ECDIS simulator provided by TRANSAS is a 1:8 multi-function ECDIS-based ship handling simulator. As required by International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), vessels with a tonnage above 3,000 tons must have an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS)installed onboard by the first half of 2018. This system principally provides maritime training to meet the latest Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping for Seafarers (STCW2010).
The simulator was accepted at MSTC of NKUST in May 2014, and was certified according to Standard for Certification of Maritime Simulator System. It meets the standards on navigation simulators, and can fully simulate various onboard operating environment during navigation including radar operations; therefore, this simulator is applied to improve trainees’ capabilities to use ECDIS in routine navigation.
