Final del formularioThe equipment will help train and retrain operators at the Biobío Region terminal with a high-tech virtual reality system. Thanks to its mobile structure, the system can be used in the future at other company terminals.

SAAM Terminals inaugurated the most technologically advanced simulator in the country, a training tool to teach new crane operators and retrain existing personnel, which will make their work more efficient and safer by optimizing decision making.

“Our people move our terminals day in and day out, and we want them to do it well. This simulator is a state-of-the-art system. Given its mobile structure, we can train workers at San Vicente Terminal Internacional (SVTI), our first location, and at other of our terminals in Chile,” said SAAM Terminals’ CEO, Mauricio Carrasco.

In addition to SVTI, SAAM Terminals operates terminals in San Antonio, Iquique, Antofagasta and Corral in Chile. Four crane operators have already been trained in Canada and will be in charge of training their colleagues on the STS and MHC systems.

SVTI’s general manager, Juan Pablo Santibáñez, said the equipment offers “an unprecedented level of graphic and sensory realism. It is the most technologically advanced in Chile and among the most advanced in Latin America. This year, we plan to train or retrain 20 people.”

The general manager of Empresa Portuaria Talcahuano-San Vicente, Cristian Wulf, valued this progress. “The ongoing training of our industry’s workers is key to providing good service to foreign trade, and the fact that the Biobío Region is the first with this tool is undoubtedly a major incentive to continue building the area as a logistics center of excellence.”

Technical Specs

Developed by CM Labs, the system -which involved an investment of close to US$ 500,000-, uses highly customized exercises that incorporate dynamic variables like weather conditions, the presence of people in the operation, vessel mobility and other critical factors for port operations.

It can also simulate the forces and movements of real machines, changing environments (rain, wind, swells, ship movements) and sounds.