Ship Handling Centre course brochure 2015

Ship Handling Centre course brochure

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Contents Welcome 1About Us 3

Our Facility 4Our Staff 5The Fleet 7Our Courses 12How to Find Us 16Contact Us 17

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I am delighted to introduce you to Warsash MaritimeAcademy’s Ship Handling Centre at Timsbury Lake, the home of our scaled model ship handling trainingprogrammes, which is located near Romsey in the south of England.

The Centre provides world-renowned training for mastersand officers serving onboard ships and large yachts. It also provides specific training for pilots and berthing/mooring masters, which is included within the principlescovered by IMO resolution A960 (23) for the training of maritime pilots.

Timsbury Lake is the only centre of its kind in the UK and one of a very small number worldwide. Our specialisedtraining and assessment for marine pilots, captains andsenior officers in ship handling enables mariners to practiseand progress their skills through trial manoeuvres in a safeenvironment.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would likefurther information about our facilities, ship models orship handling programmes. We look forward to welcomingyou to Timsbury Lake in the future.

Professor John ChudleyProvost, Warsash Maritime Academy

Welcome


Warsash Maritime Academy has provided first-classeducation, training, consultancy and research services tothe international shipping, commercial yacht, and offshoreoil and gas industries for nearly 70 years.

As part of Southampton Solent University, the academybenefits from a strong organisational and qualityassurance infrastructure. This allows us to maintain anddeliver exceptional standards of service delivery.

We are a world renowned maritime education and trainingprovider and part of a prestigious innovation hub, whichincludes other services within Southampton SolentUniversity and selected reputable training and businessservices partners.

Why choose us Warsash Maritime Academy provides unrivalled facilitiesand an expert team of lecturers and support staff. • Our student pass rates are consistently high and surpassindustry norms.

• We are officially rated ‘outstanding’ as an educationprovider.

• We offer the most comprehensive range of trainingprogrammes available to the global maritime industries.

• We are helping to develop the future leaders of theglobal maritime industry.

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The design and development of this innovative ShipHandling Centre is based upon more than 30 years of ship model operating experience. Combined with acomprehensive understanding of the maritime industry’srequirements, this has enabled the Academy to provideworld-leading training facilities.

The Centre provides a safe and controlled environment to practise and develop ship handling skills on a number of different vessels, in a wide variety of conditions using a range of facilities:• Harbour areas and numerous berths offering a wide rangeof ship handling scenarios.

• Buoyed channels, critical bends and turning basins.• Four-mile scale-length canal, with a two-mile straightreach, as well as a major curved section.

• Over 50% of the lake area, including the canal andharbour areas, provides an ideal environment for thedemonstration of shallow water effects.

• Realistic ship-to-ship lightering, FSU, CBM and SBMexercises can be conducted.

• Hydrodynamic effects replicate those around a real ship –particularly important when examining the interactionbetween ship-to-ship and ship-to-berth, banks and shallows.

The scaled models and our full mission bridge simulator can be combined to provide real slow-speed ship handlingand bridge resource management training.

Our Facility


Our instructors and lecturers are either highly experiencedsenior mariners with long command and/or pilotageexperience, or they are currently serving pilots.

This means that mariners are assisted throughout their timeon the lake by members of staff who have spent many yearsat sea themselves, and have the highest professionalqualifications.

Our teaching ratio of one lecturer to every two students onall practical exercises means we are able to provide anexceptional, personalised learning experience throughoutevery course, which allows our students to achieve theirpersonal development goals.

Our Staff The ship handling course is the best

training I have had in my 29 years of going

to sea. The models, instructors, and facility

are outstanding.

Janet DeCastro, Master, ConocoPhillips ”

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There are nine ship models in the fleet, some of which canbe reconfigured to represent several ship types. They includea large sixth-generation container vessel, tankers, very largecrude carriers (VLCCs), LNG carriers, bulk carriers, car carriersand a roll-on, roll-off ferry.

Five radio-controlled tugs are available to supportmanoeuvring operations, including a Voith water tractor,two Azimuth stern drives and two Kort nozzles. A jack-up oil rig is also available for specialist offshore training.

Each vessel is an accurately scaled model of a real ship,closely replicating the handling characteristics of an actualvessel, including single and twin screw propulsion. Onboardlogic systems ensure that engine output, delivery andresponse times and rudder response times are correctlyscaled. This also applies to bow thrusters and the windlasswhere fitted.

The optimum scale is 1:25, which is used for most vessels.The models are substantial, each measuring between sevenand 14 metres long and weighing from five to 12 tonnes.These electrically powered models are ballasted by acombination of water and solid ballast, which can beconfigured to provide loaded, part-loaded or ballastconditions at different trims.

The Fleet There is a model here that is a working

model of the ships that I dock so there is

immediate application. I can go from this

model and next week dock the real ship.

Captain Bob Baker, Alaska Pilot ”“


1:25 scale container vessel (Resolution)As the newest addition to the fleet, Resolution is a 1:25scale container ship modelled on a real 365m, 13,300 TEUcontainer ship. It is representative of all large moderncontainer ships for the purposes of ship handling training.

The model is more than 14 metres long, displaces 12.5tonnes, has twin bow and single stern thrusters, operationalanchors controlled from the bridge, electro-hydraulicsteering and main propulsion systems. Water ballast enablesit to operate in light or loaded conditions.

The deck has the ability to configure with a full or partialcontainer load and meets IMO regulations for visibility inrelative terms. The model’s hydraulic steering and enginecontrols are located in an enclosed bridge structure,approximately one third of the way from forward.

The container vessel can have 1:25 scale tugs positioned,replicating real ship manoeuvres. In addition, the vessel isfitted with thrusters fore and aft to represent a tugalongside, pulling or pushing.


1:25 scale Panamax vessel (Progress)Progress is a generic tanker or bulk carrier model,approximately 60,000 DWT. It is a standard single screwconventional vessel used for all aspects of ship handlingtraining. Progress can also be converted to a 225-metre-length car carrier fitted with a schilling rudder.

1:25 scale Panamax vessel (Intrepid)As another new addition to the fleet, Intrepid is a generictanker or bulk carrier model, approximately 60,000 DWT. It is a standard single screw conventional vessel used forall aspects of ship handling training for students.

1:25 scale product tanker (Diligence) Diligence is a generic product tanker model, approximately40,000 DWT. With an equivalent length of 177 metres, it is a standard single screw conventional vessel used forall aspects of ship handling training.

1:15 scale Ro-Ro ferry (Challenger) Challenger is based upon a twin-screw cross-channel ferryand is used in all aspects of twin screw ship handling. It is fitted with twin independent rudders and a twin bowthruster. The twin screws can be adjusted to representinward or outward-turning propellers. It can be configuredto operate with passenger or ro-ro superstructure.

DiligenceProgress

Intrepid Challenger


1:30 scale twin screw shuttle tanker(Endeavour)Endeavour is a 142,000 DWT twin screw shuttle tanker. It is a replica of a class of ship operated by an oil major. It can be configured with inward or outward turningpropellers and is used for specialised twin screw shiphandling. It can also be converted to a medium-sized LNG carrier.

1:40 scale Suezmax (Endurance) Endurance is a 150,000 DWT VLCC. With single screwpropulsion, a single balanced rudder and equivalent lengthof 304 metres, it provides excellent training for this vessel type.

1:40 scale VLCC (Pioneer) Pioneer is based on a real class of VLCC. It is a single screwmodel with a single balanced rudder, useful for training instandard ship handling techniques. This ship modelequates to a 210,000 DWT VLCC, with a length of 324metres, beam of 50 metres and draft of 19 metres.

1:40 scale ULCC (Venture)Venture is an ultra large crude carrier (ULCC) used forstandard ship handling training. With single screwpropulsion and a single conventional rudder, this shipmodel equates to a 300,000 DWT ULCC, with a length of344 metres, a beam of 54 metres and a draft of 24 metres.

Endeavour Pioneer

VentureEndurance


The ship handling courses are delivered using scaled models,with an emphasis on developing skills and understandingthe behaviour and handling of ships. Complex andpotentially hazardous manoeuvres can be practised andlearnt in a scaled environment, to enhance competence andrefresh skills. Training on scaled models is considered to bethe next best thing to a real ship, providing a cost-effectiveenvironment and contributing to the reduction of shipoperating costs.

Scaled models are used to practise the manoeuvring ofvessels in a variety of environments and conditions bymeans of rudder(s), engine(s), thrusters, tugs and anchors.Our students are typically senior mariners who want todevelop their understanding of the behaviour and handlingof ships, with an emphasis on slow speed control.

Timsbury Lake is designed to simulate a range of real life potential scenarios to test students’ ship handlingcapabilities as situations and hazards develop.

The combination of unexpected wind shifts and gusts,close quarter situations, the effects of shallow water, bankeffect and the demands of complex manoeuvring exercisesprovides an unrivalled learning environment that directlyreflects real life.

With a two-to-one ratio between students and lecturingstaff, every course is designed to meet specific trainingrequirements, whether it is an introduction to ship handling,a pre-promotion assessment or refreshing existing skills. Up to eight students can be accommodated on each threeor five-day course.

Our Courses I've got a far greater appreciation now

for ship handling. I want to go back and try out

all the techniques I've learned here.

Claire Spencer, Deputy Harbour Master

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Ship Handling (Manned Models)Training towards: Master/Deck Officer/PilotCourse duration: 4.5 days

Our standard ship handling course is recognised by the UK’sMaritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) as meeting theprinciples laid down in Sections A-II/2 and B-V/a of STCW95regarding the training of officers on large ships. The courseincludes a wide range of practical exercises and lectures, andis particularly suitable for masters/chief officers onconventional ships and pilots who are starting out on theircareers. Superyacht officers can also benefit from this training.

Advanced Ship Handling (Manned Models)Training towards: Master/Deck Officer/PilotCourse duration: 4.5 days

This advanced ship handling course is suitable for moreexperienced pilots and mariners who wish to develop theirskills and knowledge. It builds on the basics of the standardcourse to involve more complex and intricate shiphandling. Superyacht officers may also wish to furthertheir skills with this training.

Formal Assessment of Ship HandlingTraining towards: Master/Deck Officer/PilotCourse duration: 0.5 days

Formal assessment of competence can be undertaken forcompanies or individuals on request following completionof the standard ship handling course. This is carried out ona Friday afternoon after the training course. Assessment ismade against set performance criteria and based solely onobservations made on the scale model assessmentexercises at that time. .

Ship Handling and Emergency ProceduresTraining towards: Master/Deck Officer/PilotCourse duration: 3 days

This course meets the principles laid down in IMOResolution A960 Section 5. The aim is to enableparticipants to develop their skills and understanding ofthe principles and practices of ship handling, with anemphasis on emergency procedures and manoeuvres,including steering, engine and bow thruster failures.


Pilots Emergency ProceduresTraining towards: Pilot/Master/Deck OfficerCourse duration: 2.5 days

A specialised course for senior mariners and pilots,designed to enable the ship handler to respond safely tovarious emergency and developing situations. These willinclude engine and rudder failures, emergency stopping inconfined waters, interaction scenarios and emergencymanoeuvring with anchors and escort towage.

Pilots Professional DevelopmentTraining towards: Pilot/Master/Deck OfficerCourse duration: 2.5 days

This tailor-made course is primarily for experienced pilotswho wish to further their knowledge of ship handlingtechniques, or who want to investigate or experiment withdifferent scenarios. Options may include working with twinscrew vessels with either inward or outward-turningpropellers, or the utilisation of tugs in differentconfigurations.

Combined Ship Handling (Manned Models)and Bridge SimulatorTraining towards: Pilot/Master/Deck OfficerCourse duration: 5 days

Considered to be part of the pilot/mariner professionaldevelopment programme, this course consists of threedays on the lake handling the scaled models. This isfollowed by two days in one of the bridge simulators atthe main Warsash campus, where further exercises arepractised in a more port-specific location.


Offshore Oil OperationsTraining towards: Master/Deck OfficerCourse duration: 4.5 days

This course covers the handling of rig supply vessels, withspecific emphasis on twin screw manoeuvring andspecialised operations applicable to the supply boatindustry. It also includes practical demonstration oftechniques for the positioning and towage of jack-up rigs.These operations are specific to the oil industry and includetowing barges, picking up anchor buoys and so on. Thiscourse is of benefit to mariners new to the oil industry as it provides basic grounding before joining operations at sea, involving 20% classroom time and 80% on the lake.The course can be tailored to clients’ requirements.

Ship Handling AppreciationTraining towards: Senior Shore ManagementCourse duration: 2 days

This course is aimed at personnel involved in marineoperations perhaps in the shipping, legal or insuranceindustries who have little ship handling experiencethemselves. The aim is to give them an insight into someof the problems that may be encountered when handlingships, creating a better understanding of the tasks thattheir staff may be asked to perform.


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Timsbury LakeShip Handling Centre

Warsash Maritime AcademyShip Handling CentreTimsbury Lake, Jinny Lane, RomseyHampshire SO51 0AL

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Every effort is made to ensure that the information given in this brochure is correct atthe time of publication in November 2015 and that the course informationaccurately describes the courses offered by the University. However, from time totime details change; you should contact the University to verify information,especially if you wish to place particular reliance upon it.

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