Tug Training
AMC Search and Kotug International are now delivering a suite of professional training courses aimed at making the Australian industry safer, more reliable and profitable for all.
Tug Training Courses
The Tug training courses are delivered at the AMC in Launceston by Kotug Training & Consultancy, whose trainers are highly experienced experts in tugs and towage.
Courses are offered as a blended delivery mode where the theory is conducted online and the practical training sections are delivered using the tug simulators at the AMC's Centre for Maritime Simulations in Launceston.
Click here to learn more about tug training courses on offer at AMC Search.
AMC tug simulators at a glance
Our tug simulators are powered by Kongsberg software and include:
- 2 tug simulators with horizontal field of view: 360 degrees
- Vertical field of view: 42 degrees
- 1 x ARPA radar, 1 x ECS with predictor
- 2 engine throttle/pitch controls
- 2 azimuth thruster pods controls for ASD tugs
- 3 azimuth thruster pods controls for Rotor Tug
- Voith Schneider controls
- Auto / Manual hydraulic winch control
Example of a 'commencing indirect towage' tug exercise on AMC tug simulators, powered by Kongsberg software.