SafeCargo is a multistation simulator that lets you train any number of students at individual stations. Student stations are controlled and monitored by an instructor at the instructor station. Multistation simulators can be configured to include as many student stations as required; the only limitation is the ability of the instructor to control and monitor all the stations.

SafeCargo uses off-the-shelf PCs running a Microsoft Windows operating system. No special hardware or components are required, so installation time and costs are minimal. SafeCargo software imposes few changes on the operating system and requires hardly any resources when in operation. The main advantages of SafeCargo are:

• SafeCargo is modular. You can select as many different and specific ships, plants, and storage facility models as you need to meet your training requirements. You can also add models or change them without affecting the hardware or control software, adding a new model at any time within a matter of minutes.
• SafeCargo features a GUI (graphical user interface) that replicates the controls found on real vessels. Only the mouse is required to operate all the models, so learning to use SafeCargo is quick and easy.
• SafeCargo is configurable, so you can train individuals, multiple small groups, or single large groups. You can also configure SafeCargo for direct ship-to-ship or ship-to-terminal scenarios. This flexibility lets you easily adapt SafeCargo to your requirements and your training objectives.
• SafeCargo lets you design, control, and review every exercise and adapt each exercise to suit the different ability levels of each student, even while training is in progress.
• SafeCargo simulates all of the thermodynamic and fluid properties of the liquids and gases to be handled along with the process-control systems involved in the storage and handling of potentially hazardous and nonhazardous bulk liquids, all in real time.
• SafeCargo can fully simulate all shipboard and terminal liquid cargo operations and activities without any limitations being imposed. Some key shipboard operations are:
  • cargo planning
  • tank preparation
  • inerting
  • gassing up and cooling down
  • loading and unloading
  • deployment of refrigeration equipment and inert gas generators
  • supply of gas to the boilers
  • emergency situations
• SafeCargo ship models include the fully class-approved trim and stability module ‘CargoMax’, which is used by many leading ship operators.

Models

SafeCargo is the only liquid cargo simulator available with models that cover every aspect of the handling of bulk liquids both ashore and afloat. All models are based on real facilities and vessels. Standard models include:

• chemical tanker
• double-hull crude oil /  products tanker
• LNG carrier with membrane (GTTIII or NO96) or spherical containment
• fully refrigerated LPG carrier
• single-hull very large crude carrier (VLCC)
• engine room waste oil management
• crude oil or products terminal, including Cool Sorption vapor recovery units
• LPG terminal, including refrigerated and pressurized storage
• floating production storage and off-loading facility (FPSO)

In 2009 we will make these models available:

• Q-Flex LNG carrier equipped with reliquefaction system
• 32,000 dwt crude, product, or chemical tanker

Every model is designed to operate in a multistation environment so they can be networked to simulate direct ship-to-ship or ship-to-terminal operations.

MPRI can also develop custom models at your request to suit specific installations both ashore and afloat. Once we have the necessary information, we can develop a new model, a ship, for example, in approximately six months.

Options

MPRI offers other options that can enhance the usefulness of your SafeCargo simulator. These include:

• Student-station monitoring, which lets an instructor remotely view a student’s activities on any station
• Instructor-student communications system, which simulates normal communications required during cargo operations
• WISE monitoring and feedback system, which enables students to undertake self study (link to monitoring & feedback system)
• WISE assessment system, which gives the instructor tools needed to assess a student’s competence in undertaking single or multiple tasks (link to assessment system)

SafeCargo Product (PDF)

Model’s (PDF)