Anchor Handling Simulator

The new Kongsberg Maritime AHS fulfils all training objectives of both the anchor handling vessel navigator and the winch operator. It also offers the possibility to simulate specific anchor handling operations prior to them taking place and to develop safety procedures and review them after the procedure is introduced in real life.

According to Kongsberg Maritime's Product Advisor, Geir Lilje, the extra functionality in the new AHS will help to make anchor handling operations safer as the industry concentrates on the development of such procedures, in light of recent anchor handling tragedies such as the Bourbon Dolphin.



Kongsberg Maritime's new AHS is clearly focused on very accurate ship movement and the calculation of external forces acting on the ship. To achieve this goal the company has developed a new 'line' module to present the wire, chain or rope acting on winches, guide pins or other Anchor handling equipment. It can be rendered in variable resolution and takes into account the entire range of actions possible of a line, including: Tension and forces, Free hanging (catenary curves), Interaction (or wrapping) around rigid bodies (deck, hull, etc) and interaction with objects at ends or in the middle (winch, shark jaw, pin, drum/roller, chaser, anchor, plough, etc).

Using Kongsberg Maritime's latest SeaView R5 visual technology, the new AHS is able to create a highly realistic scene, which covers all elements of anchor handling operations and can be used to train on various scenarios.