A new main engine laboratory was recently opened at the Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping.
The laboratory has been established by Gazprom Marketing & Trading with support from GM&T’s partner companies, Dynagas, Sovcomflot and Transas.
Gazprom Marketing & Trading said in a statement that the laboratory has been fitted with main engine simulators capable of modelling all the operations in the engine room of a modern vessel powered by tri-fuel (fuel oil, diesel oil and LNG) diesel-electric or slow speed diesel power plant in all operating modes (free water, waves, ice conditions, speed alteration and emergency).
The simulator will be used by the cadets of the SUMIS Marine Engineering Faculty and will complement their theoretical studies and sea-going practice. This training will enable SUMIS graduates to work on the most sophisticated merchant vessels such as LNG tankers, product and chemical tankers and offshore support vessels.