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Lairdside Maritime Centre
Sponsors of UK Harbour Masters Association Annual General Meeting and Luncheon
Lairdside Maritime Centre currently provides the facilities to meet the training needs of the maritime industry. At the heart of the Centre is a ship-handling simulator that is amongst the most advanced in Europe and currently the only one in the UK with a 360° field-of-view visual system.
The facility enables marine pilots, shipmasters and senior navigating officers to develop and practice their skills in a realistic but risk free environment. Mariners can be placed in geographically accurate virtual marine environments aboard one of the Centre's three ship bridges, which respond and react just like one would expect at sea. The main bridges 360° field-of-view allows mariners to practice approaching locks and berths, connecting tugs and bringing vessels of all types and sizes safely alongside, incorporating any number of mechanical failures and breakdowns.
