Visit to the HR Wallingford UK Ship Simulation Centre | Wallingford | IN-PERSON

Hosted by the CIWEM Central Southern branch

Event description

This event provides an opportunity to visit HR Wallingford’s state-of-the-art UK Ship Simulation Centre. Delegates will learn how ship simulators contribute to safe navigation in ports including the training of new marine pilots and tug masters, as well as allowing them to test proposed new layouts of ports.

The Ship Simulation Centre houses the latest evolution of HR Wallingford’s advanced navigation simulation technology including: four real-time ship simulators comprising two ship bridges and two tug bridges. Each simulator's fully functioning bridge is surrounded by a 360 degree simulated field of view.

The visit will comprise a 20 minute presentation on HR Wallingford’s ship and tug simulators by Dr Mark McBride. This will be followed by demonstrations in the Ship Simulation Centre including the interaction of the ship simulator with one of the tug simulators. Delegates may even get the opportunity to pilot a vessel.

Part of the CIWEM Technology series.

Booking and joining information

This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM.

Please note there is limited capacity at this event. Bookings must be made through 'My CIWEM' using the above booking link. Non-members who have not registered for the MyCIWEM system can create an account on the booking page in order to reserve their place.

If you have any questions about your booking or would like to cancel your attendance, please contact barbara.woods@ciwem.org.

Please note that registrations close 2 working days before the event is to take place. If you have not registered by then, unfortunately we cannot add you to the event.

If you have any queries about this talk, please contact Darren Lumbroso at d.lumbroso@hrwallingford.com.

About the venue and getting there

The event will take place at HR Wallingford, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BA. The venue can be reached from Reading and Oxford by the X40 bus which runs past the venue.

Travelling to the venue

As part of CIWEM’s commitment to tackling the climate and ecological emergency we would encourage delegates to use the most environmentally sustainable means of transport possible.

By Train | Underground | Tram

The following train stations are nearest to HR Wallingford: Cholsey (4 miles), Didcot (5.7 miles) and Goring (6.5 miles). Didcot has the highest frequency of trains from London, Reading and Oxford.

By Bus | Coach

ThamesTravel offers a very good service to and from Oxford and Reading on the X40 bus. There is a bus stop just outside of Howbery Park main entrance where delegates can catch the bus to Oxford or get off from Reading. The bus stop to get off at from Oxford is on the main road A4074.

By foot | cycle

HR Wallingford is within walking distance from Wallingford town centre. There is a footpath which skirts the edge of the field behind BGS, CEH through the recreation ground and comes out very near the Wallingford town bridge. It takes approximately 15 minutes to get there, compared to 20 minutes if going on the main road.

Wallingford town centre is around 10 minutes by bike. There are various places to park your bikes on site,

By car

If you are coming by car, please consider sharing the journey with others to reduce your environmental footprint.

As this is an in-person event, please remain vigilant to control the spread of COVID-19 and stay safe.

We would request that if you think you might have contracted COVID or have recently had the disease, that you do not attend the event.

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