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Feature 3 | Finland’S Marine induSTrieS
Training for ice navigation
Finstaship has teamed up with a number of Finnish maritime academies
and experts in ice navigation to provide training for deck officers in ship
navigation and operation in ice.
T
he heavily increased vessel traffic developments, and Ice Advisors, an affiliate section, providing information on issues
in the Baltic, primarily due to of Finstaship offering onboard assistance like ice conditions, ice damages, ship
growing crude oil exports from for vessels operating in ice. Germanischer design and performance in ice, operations
Russian Primorsk at the inner end of the Lloyd has been selected to audit the three- of the vessels and systems, icebreaker
Gulf of Finland, has led to an urgent need day training programme and certify that it assistance, icing, information systems for
for ships’ officers with experience in ice corresponds with the recommendations of ice conditions, route planning and radar
navigation. IMO. operation, rules and regulations, and
Fortunately, recent tanker accidents ‘Some 10% of the vessels visiting ports safety and emergency issues. In addition,
have not proved calamitous to vessel crews in the Baltic Sea during the difficult ice practical navigation in ice is offered
or the environment, but the potential for a winter of 2003 suffered ice damages using simulator training at Meriturva
major accident in the area exists. Typically, caused by errors, most of which could Maritime Safety Training Centre on
inexperience in ice navigation causes have been avoided,’ said Kimmo Juurmaa, how to approach ice, on independent
broken or deformed propeller blades, director of concept development at navigation, convoy operations, and
damaged rudders or steering machinery, or Deltamarin Contracting. At that time, icebreaker assistance and manoeuvring
dents and ruptures in the shell plating and the EU-funded ARCOP programme was in ports. Icetrain courses are provided
hull framing. Lack of ice navigation skills investigating the availability of and future monthly throughout 2008.
can also, as recent winters have proven, lead need for deck officers with ice navigation ‘The first pilot course [has] shown
to ship-to-ship collisions and groundings. skills. The programme concluded that that the offered training increased vital
The first ‘Icetrain’ course aiming at some 3500 trained seafarers would be knowledge of the participating deck
increasing skills in ice navigation took needed for the Russian Arctic within five officers, although they already were rather
place last autumn. Organisers include years and also that there was a lack of skilled ice navigators,’ Mr Juurmaa noted.
Kymenlaakso University of Applied skilled deck officers in the Baltic. ‘The simulator training proved particularly
Sciences/Maritime Faculty, one of the ‘Based on these findings, ARCOP popular. It offers a very realistic feeling of a
maritime academies in Finland, Meriturva concluded that special training was ship operating in ice. Shipowners operating
Maritime Safety Training Centre, which also needed,’ Mr Juurmaa said. ‘Now a model in the Baltic in wintertime have shown
operates a bridge simulator for navigation course has been developed also with the great interest in Icetrain. I think they realise
in various ice-covered waters, Deltamarin purpose to provide guidelines for this that the cost for providing training to their
Contracting, offering information on type of training within IMO.’ deck officers is very small compared to the
icebreaking ship theory, design, and The course is divided into a theoretical potentially huge costs of an accident.’ NA
Simulator training in ice navigation at
Meriturva Maritime Safety Training Centre.
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