By
Michele Witthaus |
Electronic navigation and ECDIS specialist, Maritime Information Systems AS (MARIS) is to deepen its cooperation with Indian simulation technology provider ARI Simulation.
The existing relationship between the two companies will be enhanced by an increased focus on type-specific training, combined certification and provision of charts and electronic navigational data through MARIS Digital Services (MDS) to all ARI installations. These moves will complement the two companies’ Original Equipment Manufacturer agreement under which ARI offers ECDIS simulators to the shipping industry.
Deputy chief executive (corporate) of MARIS, Steinar Gundersen, commented: “Both MARIS and ARI Simulation have invested heavily in customising solutions for specific client needs and the decision to extend the cooperation agreement underscores our joint determination to better serve the maritime industry.”
Shravan Rewari, Managing Director, ARI Simulation, explained: “The ARI ECDIS simulator is designed in full compliance with the requirements of Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) 95 sections AI/12, A-II/1, A-II/2 which deals with competence on planning and conducting a passage and determining position.” Amendments to the STCW Convention and Code adopted on June 25 2010 include a number of important new requirements relating to training in modern technology such as electronic charts and information systems.