Seal of Approval.The ANS (ANS Communications, Inc, Purchase, NY) An ISP, Internet backbone and provider of private data network services, founded in 1990 as Advanced Network & Services, Inc., by IBM, MCI and Merit (consortium of Michigan universities). 5000 family of ship handling simulators from STN Atlas STN ATLAS Elektronik GmbH was a German defence company, producing sensors and other electronic or computer components such as Radar, Sonar, fire-control systems, simulations. has been granted type certification by the classification society Germanischer Lloyd The Germanischer Lloyd AG is a classification society based in the city of Hamburg, Germany. As a technical supervisory organization Germanischer Lloyd regularly conducts safety surveys on more than 6,300 ships with over 70 Mio GT. . This type certification confirms that the ANS5000 family meets requirements for nautical training in accordance with the international standard STCW STCW Standards of Training, Certification & Watchkeeping STCW International Convention of Training Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (International Maritime Law) STCW stern tube cooling water STCW Store Control Word 95 (Seafarer's Training, Certification and Watchkeeping). The certification seal covers all ANS5000 simulators, from simple radar simulators to sophisticated simulation systems with several bridges. STN Atlas Electronik had already obtained GL type certification for its ship engine simulator, the SE4000, last year -- effectively making STN Atlas the first company capable of delivering certified simulators for both the engine and bridge sectors. |
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