VR technology for domestic ferry safety may take time, says stakeholder - The Manila Times

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THE usage of virtual world (VR) exertion to amended home ferry information successful the Philippines mightiness instrumentality clip and a paradigm shift, said Mary Ann Pastrana, president of Archipelago Philippines Ferries Corp. (APFC).

She said that it entails hard enactment and clip but tin beryllium sped up with the enactment of the government, shipowners and people.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) introduced VR exertion to its subordinate states to amended home ferry safety. FILE PHOTO

"The limiting factors of VR technology, speech from the cost, would beryllium its uptake. The [shipping companies'] absorption indispensable beryllium convinced that it is needed and it volition assistance [their operations]. They indispensable person a squad of trainers to thatch and instrumentality it," she said.

Pastrana added that with the issues hounding the home shipping manufacture — specified arsenic exorbitant substance prices, accelerated turnover of radical who similar to enactment abroad, regulatory issues, weather, theft and pilferages — grooming takes a backmost seat.

Mary Ann Pastrana, president of Archipelago Philippines Ferries Corp. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

"It volition truly request a hard propulsion to marque this happen. We request a paradigm displacement and get each the enactment and assistance we need," she explained.

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) introduced VR exertion to its subordinate states to amended home ferry safety. It was presented to Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam during a virtual gathering connected Dec. 13, 2022.

IMO pushing for VR exertion was to enactment administrations successful grooming their unit utilizing exertion to heighten the cognition and skills to guarantee home rider vessel safety.

The task was funded by the Republic of Korea and delivered with method and in-kind contributions by the Korea Maritime Transportation Safety Authority (Komsa).

Going forward, the existing VR scenarios provided by Komsa whitethorn beryllium expanded, with the anticipation of further scenarios being introduced into the VR instrumentality to widen the grooming to screen different types of ships (and countries), taxable to further consultations with the Republic of Korean officials were liable for the bilateral IMO-Republic of Korea partnership.

The task builds connected IMO's enactment connected home ferry information successful the Asia and Pacific portion spanning much than 12 years.

FastCat, a fleet of catamaran rotation on, rotation disconnected (RoRo) ferries operated by APFC, has already begun with VR grooming earlier the pandemic.

"Seaversity did the VR grooming for america connected vessel familiarization and firefighting," Pastrana said.

She added that the instauration of VR exertion for their ships was a associated effort betwixt the company's quality resources, crewing, grooming and marine departments.

"The usage of VR exertion stopped during the pandemic, but we person it and program to proceed connected utilizing it," she said.

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