ABB to supply crane simulators to Yilport

ABB will supply its latest system, consisting of a cabin with electric motion system, using five 63 in flat screens and audio equipment in the cabin and eight PCs in the simulation control. This enables the simulation of real working environments in different weather conditions and situations that cannot be safely replicated using traditional training methods.

Yilport has purchased two simulator sets, each of them a dual-function simulator integrating to MES-Paceco STS crane and MES-Paceco RTG crane models. The terminal will install a specially designed (and locally manufactured) 45 ft high-cube (9 ft 6 in) container with doors at both ends and an entrance door on one side. The two simulators will be placed at either end of the container, leaving space for classroom instruction, with one instructor to two–four students.

Rico Tolentino, operations training manager at Yilport Container Terminal, said the ABB crane simulator was being introduced to help increase the safety and efficiency of critical container handling crane operations. Robert Yuksel Yildirim, the terminal’s president and CEO, stressed that the new simulator is considered an integral part of the port’s development strategy.