Ship manoeuvring simulator has been widely utilized for training mariners, for assessing safety, for developing harbour and port, and for designing ships. We discuss a ship manoeuvring simulator which has been newly developed by Korea Maritime University. We briefly explain the computer network system connected with each other, the interface system between computers and navigational instruments, the mathematical model of ship manoeuvring motion in harbour areas, and also ship and terrain modeling technique. Finally using the simulator an experiment of distance cognition and a real time simulation of berthing/deberthing manoeuvre carried out and the results are shown.

• Kyoung-Ho Sohn
• Jin-Kook Kim
• Seung-Yeul Yang