BULGARIA's TU Varna simulation centre has been officially certified by the European Maritime Administration to provide maritime training in full compliance with the latest STCW and IMO regulations.
Bulgarian simulation centre wins European Maritime Administration certificate
BULGARIA's TU Varna simulation centre has been officially certified by the European Maritime Administration to provide maritime training in full compliance with the latest STCW and IMO regulations.
All simulators at the centre have been delivered by VSTEP, an international developer of simulators and virtual training software, and include NAUTIS FMB and NAUTIS Desktop simulators as well as engine room simulators.
The TU Varna simulation centre is now certified to provide approved training for bridge team and resource management, ECDIS training, engine team resource management and GMDSS training in accordance with European Maritime Administration and IMO guidelines.
The TU Varna is one of the leading maritime universities on the Black Sea and incorporates a high tech simulation centre at its premises, which uses state of the art simulation technology in its training curriculum.
To fulfil all of the TU Varna's training requirements, the university selected VSTEP's NAUTIS maritime simulators for this simulation centre. NAUTIS is a new range of advanced DNV certified maritime training simulators developed by VSTEP.
Said VSTEP chief technical officer Pjotr van Schothorst: "We are happy that the TU Varna is now officially approved to provide professional simulator training to its students in full compliance with maritime training regulations."
