 With the new SOSc MARIN aims to make maritime operations safer and more efficient.


MARIN builds most realistic simulator centre for maritime operations in the world


At the virtual push of a button on September 5, Micky Adriaansens, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, officially started the construction of MARIN's new Seven Oceans Simulator centre (SOSc).


W Arno Bons a.bons@marin.nl 8 report


ith this new research facility, MARIN aims to make maritime operations safer and more


efficient through the most realistic simulation of the behaviour of vessels and their interaction between maritime structures, the environment and humans. The SOSc is set to be operational at the beginning of 2024.


Minister Adriaansens commented: ‘The safety of shipping requires new solutions: containerships are getting bigger, the traffic at sea is increasing and the weather conditions are changing. This unique simulator plays an important role in these necessary innovations. Simulating difficult situations at sea and the response of man and machine to them provide valuable


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