Better than the real thing

摘要

When you visit the campus at Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) it's clear that simulation technology is redefining the possibilities for seafarer training. The academy's Integrated Simulation Centre, run in collaboration with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, features a dozen types of simulator, designed to train hundreds of professional recruits in, among other things, crisis management, full-mission ship-handling, ECDIS, dynamic positioning and even liquid cargo handling.